RRI4 - End of recruitment

The Sports Medicine Research Laboratory (LIH) has launched a new large study on running. This study is the first to investigate the running technique and the risk of injury in a cohort of over 800 runners! This is one of the largest groups of runners observed over a period of several months. The aim of the study is to identify the influence of the damping properties of the running shoes, the body weight, as well as the running technique on the risk of injury.

The recruitment phase is completed now. More than 870 participants were included in the study. The latter will finish at the end of July 2018. The study conclusions will be available on this site by the end of the year.

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At the recent European College of Sport Science (ECSS) Congress in Vienna, our lab was well presented with 4 presentations, one being a plenary session presentation by Prof. Daniel Theisen (PhD). This presentation on "Crossing the limits of impairment – lessons from neuromuscular and cardiovascular function after spinal cord injury" can be revisited on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtmomVPu3VE 

Furthermore Dr. Laurent Malisoux (PhD) presented "drop of cushioned running shoes and injury prevention", while Eric Besenius debated over "physical fitness characteristics and their association with success in basic military training at the Luxembourgish army". Paul Gette presented the "the long-term effects off the shoe drop on running biomechanics".