Title: Energy consumption character due to different forward position change during jogging movement

Authors: Changfeng Li; Dong Sun; Yuntao Li; Le Chang; Wenlan Lian

Addresses: Human Movement Research Center, Faculty of Sports Science, Ningbo University, Zhejiang 315211, China ' Human Movement Research Center, Faculty of Sports Science, Ningbo University, Zhejiang 315211, China ' Human Movement Research Center, Faculty of Sports Science, Ningbo University, Zhejiang 315211, China ' Human Movement Research Center, Faculty of Sports Science, Ningbo University, Zhejiang 315211, China ' Human Movement Research Center, Faculty of Sports Science, Ningbo University, Zhejiang 315211, China

Abstract: This paper is designed to examine the changes of energy consumption under different forward position change through heel height wearing during jogging. 14 healthy females took part in this study with flat shoe (1.2 cm), low-heeled shoe (4.5 cm) and high-heeled shoe (7 cm), respectively. Energy consumption data were collected by K4b2 portable gas analysis system during jogging. The results of this study showed that minute ventilation (VE), relative oxygen consumption (VO₂) and energy cost (EE) significantly rose with the increase of heel height, and increased rapidly with high and low heels during the last minutes of jogging. Our research showed it easily causes neuromuscular fatigue when jogging with high heels, so people could slow down the speed.

Keywords: energy consumption; ventilation; heel height; forward position change; jogging movement; females; women jogging; flat shoes; low-heeled shoes; high-heeled shoes; oxygen consumption; energy cost; neuromuscular fatigue; high heels.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBET.2016.079144

International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, 2016 Vol.22 No.2, pp.137 - 144

Received: 11 May 2015
Accepted: 06 Sep 2015
Published online: 14 Sep 2016 *

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