A female-specific approach to the design of running footwear: beyond 'shrink it and pink it'

女性特有的跑鞋设计方法：超越“缩小和粉色”

• 批准号: 577955-2022
• 负责人: Napier, ChristopherCD
• 金额: $ 7.7万
• 依托单位: Simon Fraser University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Alliance Grants
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2023-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=746216
• 关键词: female; specific; approach; design; running

Can the performance of female athletes be enhanced by a female-specific approach to the design of running footwear? For decades, running footwear has been designed using male subjects to inform the shape, comfort, and performance of running shoes regardless of whether the end-user is male or female. The standard approach has been to treat female runners as smaller versions of males - characterized by the phrase "shrink it and pink it." However, enough is known about differences in female anatomy, physiology, and biomechanics that a female-specific approach to the design of running footwear is warranted. Our long-term vision is to inform this process using both theory and experiments to understand how the female runner differs and also how females differ from each other across the lifespan and menstrual phase. Our aim is to help all females run faster, further, and for life. From sports bras to female-specific bike saddles and jock straps ("jills"), other sports equipment designed specifically for a female body have improved comfort, safety, and performance in athletic pursuits. Our hypothesis is that a running shoe designed for females should necessarily exploit differences in anatomy, physiology, and biomechanics to optimize female performance. The objectives of this partnered research project are to: 1) determine the effect of different materials on the biomechanical properties of a female-specific running shoe; 2) explore the association between comfort and in-shoe plantar pressure for a female-specific running shoe; and 3) determine the effect of different material properties on the biomechanics and performance of female runners. Our approach is to use a female-specific model to inform design and test prototypes on female athletes to measure success. The primary goal of this partnered project is to develop a running shoe designed specifically for the female athlete and to optimize the shoe for performance in the female runner. Differences in anatomy, physiology, and biomechanics will be considered in the design and testing of the shoe, with a market-ready shoe as the expected outcome.

针对女性的跑鞋设计方法能否提高女性运动员的表现？几十年来，跑鞋一直是使用男性对象来设计的，以告知跑鞋的形状，舒适度和性能，而不管最终用户是男性还是女性。标准的做法是把女性跑步者当作男性的缩小版--其特征是“缩小它，粉红它”。“然而，我们对女性解剖学、生理学和生物力学的差异有足够的了解，因此有必要采用女性专用的方法来设计跑步鞋。我们的长期愿景是利用理论和实验来了解这一过程，以了解女性跑步者的不同之处，以及女性在整个生命周期和月经期的不同之处。我们的目标是帮助所有女性跑得更快、更远、更持久。从运动布拉斯到女性专用的自行车鞍座和运动员背带（“jills”），其他专门为女性身体设计的运动设备在运动追求中提高了舒适性，安全性和性能。我们的假设是，为女性设计的跑鞋必须利用解剖学，生理学和生物力学的差异来优化女性的表现。该合作研究项目的目标是：1）确定不同材料对女性专用跑鞋生物力学性能的影响; 2）探索女性专用跑鞋的舒适度与鞋内足底压力之间的关联;和3）确定不同材料特性对女性跑步者生物力学和表现的影响。我们的方法是使用女性特定的模型来为女性运动员的设计和测试原型提供信息，以衡量成功。这个合作项目的主要目标是开发一种专为女运动员设计的跑鞋，并优化鞋的性能。在鞋的设计和测试中将考虑解剖学、生理学和生物力学的差异，预期结果是一款市场上可用的鞋。