Impact of advanced footwear technology for Japanese Ekiden athletes.

IF 1.2 4区医学 Q3 SPORT SCIENCES

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness Pub Date : 2024-09-25 DOI:10.23736/S0022-4707.24.16164-6

Yuya Maruo, Kensuke Takezawa

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Abstract

Background: Advanced footwear technology (AFT) was developed with the goal of running a marathon in under 2 hours. This pace (2:51 min/km) is similar to the race pace of Ekiden, which are road relays where each athlete covers a distance ranging from 15 kilometers to 22 kilometers. This study aimed to elucidate the impact of AFT on the records of Japanese Ekiden runners.

Methods: A total of 2000 men's performances in 10,000 m and half-marathon were analyzed. Top-100 performances for 10,000 m and half marathon were subjected to One-Way group Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), including year (2014/2015/2016/2017/2018/2019/2020/2021/2022/2023).

Results: Significant improvements are observed in 10,000 m times after 2020 and half marathon times after 2018.

Conclusions: For 10,000 meters, track spikes with the AFT may improve running performance, rather than the first launch of the AFT in 2017. The improvement in the half-marathon for Japanese Ekiden athletes since 2018 may reflect improved running economy (RE). The present results would provide further evidence for Japanese Ekiden athletes to use AFT alongside the improvement in physiological measures like VO2.

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先进鞋类技术对日本 Ekiden 运动员的影响。

背景：先进鞋类技术（AFT）的开发目标是在 2 小时内跑完马拉松。这种速度（2:51 分钟/公里）与 Ekiden（即公路接力赛，每位运动员跑完 15 公里至 22 公里的距离）的比赛速度相似。本研究旨在阐明 AFT 对日本 Ekiden 选手记录的影响：方法：分析了男子 10,000 米和半程马拉松的 2000 个成绩。对 10,000 米和半程马拉松前 100 名的成绩进行单向分组方差分析（ANOVA），包括年份（2014/2015/2016/2017/2018/2019/2020/2021/2022/2023）：结果：2020 年后的 10,000 米成绩和 2018 年后的半程马拉松成绩均有显著提高：对于 10000 米而言，与 2017 年首次推出 AFT 相比，使用 AFT 的跑道钉鞋可能会提高跑步成绩。自 2018 年以来，日本 Ekiden 运动员在半程马拉松方面的提高可能反映了跑步经济性（RE）的改善。本结果将为日本 Ekiden 运动员在改善 VO2 等生理指标的同时使用 AFT 提供进一步的证据。

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Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 医学-运动科学

CiteScore

2.90

自引率

5.90%

发文量

393

审稿时长

6-12 weeks

期刊介绍： The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness publishes scientific papers relating to the area of the applied physiology, preventive medicine, sports medicine and traumatology, sports psychology. Manuscripts may be submitted in the form of editorials, original articles, review articles, case reports, special articles, letters to the Editor and guidelines.