News Feature: Running Cadence and Stride Length
Posted by The RunSafe Team on November 28, 2012
In one of our previous posts, we discussed the effect of cadence manipulation on impact injuries. Cadence manipulation - intentionally changing the number of steps in a minute during running - is an indirect strategy that can shorten stride length. By increasing the number of steps per minute, the runner intuitively reduces the stride length. There is evidence that suggests increasing cadence by even 10% can reduce fo...
Cadence Manipulation Effects on Impact Injuries
Posted by Rich Souza PT, PhD on October 1, 2012
The Starting Line: Can cadence manipulation help prevent running injuries? When runners run with long slow strides, they tend to land on straight stiff knees. This pattern results in large impact forces that propagate up the leg. Such large impacts during a repetitive activity like running add up, and may lead to injuries such as stress fractures and joint problems in some runners. Cadence manipulation - int...
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