Title
Predicting plantar fasciitis in runners
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1987
Publication Title
Medicine and science in sports and exercise
Department
Exercise Science
Abstract
Ninety-one runners were studied to determine whether specific variables were indicative of runners who had suffered with plantar fasciitis either presently or formerly vs runners who had never suffered with plantar fasciitis. Each runner was asked to complete a running history, was subjected to several anatomical measurements, and was asked to run on a treadmill in both a barefoot and shoe condition at a speed of 3.35 mps (8 min mile pace). Factor coefficients were used in a discriminant function analysis which revealed that, when group membership was predicted, 63% of the runners could be correctly assigned to their group. Considering that 76% of the control group was correctly predicted, it was concluded that the predictor variables were able to correctly predict membership of the control group, but not able to correctly predict the presently or formerly injured sufferers of plantar fasciitis.
ISSN
0195-9131
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Citation
Warren, BL, and CJ Jones. "Predicting Plantar Fasciitis in Runners." Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 19.1 (1987): 71-3. Print.