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Effect of Shoes' Heel Height on the Energy Cost during Jogging

Y.D. Gu and Z.Y. Li
School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Jiangsu 210096, P.R. China
Research Journal of Applied Sciences, Engineering and Technology  2013  9:1531-1533
http://dx.doi.org/10.19026/rjaset.6.3864  |  © The Author(s) 2013
Received: November 08, 2012  |  Accepted: December 21, 2012  |  Published: July 15, 2013

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the changes of energy cost during a high-heeled continuous jogging. Thirteen healthy female volunteers jointed in this study with heel height of the shoes varied from 1, 4.5 and 7 cm, respectively. Each subjects jogged on the treadmill with K4b2 portable gas analysis system. The results of this study showed that ventilnation, relative oxygen consumption and energy expenditure increased with the increase of heel height and these values shows significantly larger when the heel height reached to 7 cm. Present study suggest that wearing high heel shoes jogging could directly increase energy consumption, causing neuromuscular fatigue.

Keywords:

Energy cost, high-heeled shoes, jogging,


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The authors have no competing interests.

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ISSN (Online):  2040-7467
ISSN (Print):   2040-7459
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