University asks women runners to take part in heel-less research
21/09/2010
Staffordshire University was a key partner in the European-funded project to design and develop a heel-less running shoe and to investigate the effect of such a shoe on running.
The university helped to secure developmental funding after working with physiotherapist Adri Hartveld and his Stoke-on-Trent company Healus Technology who prototyped the concept.
Professor of clinical biomechanics, Nachi Chockalingam, commented: “Staffordshire University led the mathematical and experimental modelling of the shoe which has sparked a lot of interest in Europe. The two year project culminated with an exercise to determine how the shoes performed under marathon conditions and the story was covered by a Dutch television station as well as in the national papers.”
The university will now be moving to the next stage and testing the heelless running shoe with women.
Keen to establish itself as a leader in the field of running research, Staffordshire University is also looking for runners to volunteer to take part in a number of other research projects.
Professor Chockalingam added: “We are looking to develop some base-line research in running and running styles and we would like willing participants to contact us by emailing runningresearch@staffs.ac.uk.”
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