Table 1.
Foot-strike evaluation of 1,991 runners, divided by foot-strike classification and gender (% of Gender = % of gender with specific foot-strike pattern, % of Total = % of total foot-strike pattern observed in particular gender, OR=Odds Ratio, CI=Confidence Interval).
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| Male n=1160 | Fore-foot | 7 | 0.60% (OR=1.25, CI=0.36–4.28) | 63.64% |
| Mid-foot | 71 | 6.12% (OR=1.73, CI=1.12–2.68) | 70.30% | |
| Heel | 1073 | 92.50% (OR=0.68, CI=0.43–3.85) | 57.53% | |
| Split | 9 | 0.78% (OR=1.28, CI=0.49–0.93) | 64.29% | |
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| Female n=831 | Fore-foot | 4 | 0.48% | 36.36% |
| Mid-foot | 30 | 3.61% | 29.70% | |
| Heel | 792 | 95.31% | 42.47% | |
| Split | 5 | 0.60% | 35.71% | |
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| Total N=1991 | Fore-foot | 11 | 0.55% | |
| Mid-foot | 101 | 5.07% | ||
| Heel | 1865 | 93.67% | ||
| Split | 14 | 0.70% | ||