Setting standards for medically-based running analysis

Curr Sports Med Rep. 2014 Jul-Aug;13(4):275-83. doi: 10.1249/JSR.0000000000000071.

Abstract

Setting standards for medically based running analyses is necessary to ensure that runners receive a high-quality service from practitioners. Medical and training history, physical and functional tests, and motion analysis of running at self-selected and faster speeds are key features of a comprehensive analysis. Self-reported history and movement symmetry are critical factors that require follow-up therapy or long-term management. Pain or injury is typically the result of a functional deficit above or below the site along the kinematic chain.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Athletic Injuries / epidemiology
  • Athletic Injuries / physiopathology
  • Athletic Injuries / prevention & control*
  • Biomechanical Phenomena / physiology
  • Humans
  • Physical Endurance / physiology*
  • Physical Examination / methods
  • Physical Examination / standards
  • Running / physiology*
  • Running / standards*