Influence of athletic footwear on lower limb biomechanics of pubertal girls

这个项目的目的是确定具有适当设计特征的运动鞋是否有助于改善神经肌肉控制，从而减少对青春期女孩膝盖和下肢结构的潜在有害力量。随着女孩进入青春期，她们控制下肢运动模式的能力越来越弱，尤其是在跑步和跳跃等高要求的任务中。为青春期女孩设计更好的鞋子可以改善运动模式，减少肌肉骨骼损伤的可能性，提高体育活动的参与率。项目成果可能会导致这种鞋类的发展，也有望扩大我们对女性发育生物力学的理解。

This project aims to determine whether athletic footwear with appropriate design features can help improve neuromuscular control and, in doing so, reduce the potentially deleterious forces on the knee and lower limb structures of pubertal girls. As girls reach puberty, they become less able to control the movement patterns of their lower limbs, particularly in high-demand tasks like running and jumping. Better-designed footwear for pubertal girls may improve movement patterns, decrease the likelihood of musculoskeletal injury and improve physical activity participation rates. Project outcomes may lead to the development of such footwear, and are also anticipated to expand our understanding of female developmental biomechanics.