Table 2.
List of the studies on vertical stiffness during running.
| Authors | Year | Number of participants | Sport background | Motor skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ache-Dias et al. [128] | 2018 | 18 (males + females) | Recreational runners | Submaximal constant load running test on treadmill (6 min at 9 km/h) |
| Arampatzis et al. [62] | 1999 | 13 runners | Not mentioned | Running at 2.5, 3.5, 4.5, 5.5, and 6.5 m/s |
| Bitchell et al. [97] | 2019 | 7 + 13 runners | Trained + untrained runners | Incremental running on treadmill |
| Brocherie et al. [81] | 2015 | 8 males | International football players | RAST test (6 × 35 m sprint) |
| Cavagna et al. [60] | 1988 | 10 males | Untrained | Running at a variety of different constant velocities (range of very low velocities) |
| Cavagna et al. [63] | 2005 | 4 males + 1 female | Not mentioned | Running at different velocities (from 5.2 to 20.5 km/h) |
| Cherif et al. [77] | 2017 | 21 males | Healthy and active | 5 × 5 s sprints on treadmill |
| Choukou et al. [106] | 2012 | 8 males | Sprinters competing at the regional level | 100 m sprint |
| Cronin and Rumpf [69] | 2014 | 16 males | Young athletes | 30 m sprint on treadmill |
| Dal Pupo et al. [107] | 2017 | 21 males | Futsal players | 10 m sprint |
| Dalleau et al. [74] | 1998 | 8 males | Healthy | Running on treadmill (4 min at a velocity corresponding to 90% of the VO2max) |
| Dutto and Smith [76] | 2002 | 11 males + 4 females | Well-trained runners | Running on treadmill to exhaustion at a velocity corresponding to 80% of the VO2max |
| Farley and González [33] | 1996 | 4 males | Experienced treadmill runners | Running on treadmill at 2.5 m/s (while using a range of stride frequencies from 26% below to 36% above the preferred stride frequency) |
| Ferris et al. [88] | 1999 | 6 females | Healthy | 17 m running at 3.0 m/s |
| Ferris et al. [87] | 1998 | 5 humans | Not mentioned | Running at 5 m/s |
| Fourchet et al. [102] | 2015 | 11 males | Highly trained middle-distance runners | Running on treadmill to exhaustion at a velocity corresponding to 95% of the VO2max |
| García-Pinillos et al. [103] | 2020 | 22 males | Endurance runners | 60 min running on treadmill |
| García-Pinillos et al. [66] | 2019 | 22 males | Novice and elite endurance runners | Incremental running on treadmill at 10, 12, 14, 16, and 18 km/h |
| Gindre et al. [83] | 2016 | 77 males + 14 females | Healthy and active | 50 m running at 3.3, 4.2, and 5.0 m/s |
| Giovanelli et al. [172] | 2017 | 12 males | Ultraendurance runners | 6 h running “6 ore Città di Buttrio” |
| Giovanelli et al. [95] | 2016 | 18 males | Ultraendurance runners | “Supermaratona dell'Etna” |
| Girard et al. [150] | 2015 | 13 males | Team and racket sport background | 3 × 5 s sprints on treadmill |
| Girard et al. [80] | 2017 | 20 males | Field hockey players | 6 × 30 s running on treadmill at 115% of the VO2max |
| Girard et al. [57] | 2017 | 14 males | Recreationally intermittent sports | 3 × 5 s sprints on treadmill + running on treadmill at 10 and 20 km/h |
| Girard et al. [56] | 2016 | 11 males | Physical education students practicing a field sport | 100, 200, and 400 m sprint on treadmill |
| Girard et al. [79] | 2011 | 16 males | Recreational team or racket sports athletes | 12 × 40 m sprints |
| Girard et al. [96] | 2017 | 18 males | Physical education students | 800 m running |
| Girard et al. [91] | 2010 | 12 triathletes | Highly and well-trained triathletes | 5000 m running at self-selected velocity |
| Girard et al. [93] | 2013 | 12 males | National level triathletes | 5000 m running at self-selected velocity |
| Girard et al. [78] | 2011 | 13 males | Young soccer players | 6 × 20 m sprints |
| Hayes and Caplan [101] | 2014 | 6 runners | Subelite middle-distance runners | Running on treadmill to exhaustion at velocity corresponding to VO2max |
| He et al. [61] | 1991 | 4 males | Healthy | Running on treadmill at 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, and 6.0 m/s |
| Heise and Martin [75] | 1998 | 16 males | Recreational runners | 15 m running at 3.35 m/s |
| Hobara et al. [64] | 2010 | 8 males | Well-trained sprinters and runners | 400 m sprint |
| Hunter [157] | 2003 | 9 males + 7 females | Not mentioned | 10 min running on treadmill at self-selected velocity |
| Hunter and Smith [105] | 2007 | 11 males + 5 females | Recreational runners | 1 h running on treadmill at constant velocity |
| Joseph et al. [148] | 2013 | 20 males | Various sports | 10 m running at 3.35 m/s |
| Joseph et al. [121] | 2014 | 20 males | Various sports | 10 m running at 3.35 m/s |
| Kuitunen et al. [59] | 2002 | 10 males | Sprinters | Sprint at 70%, 80%, 90%, and maximal velocity |
| Lorimer et al. [53] | 2018 | 12 males | Well-trained triathletes | 2 min running on treadmill at 3.0, 3.3, 3.7, and 4.2 m/s |
| Lum et al. [129] | 2019 | 14 males | Moderately trained endurance runners | 10 km running on treadmill at 10 km/h and 12 km/h |
| Luhtanen and Komi [156] | 1980 | 6 athletes | Track and field athletes | Running at 40%, 60%, 80%, and maximal velocity |
| Lussiana et al. [85] | 2017 | 58 male | Recreational runners | 5 min running on treadmill at 12 km/h |
| McMahon et al. [82] | 1987 | 6 males | Healthy | 30 m constant velocity running |
| Meur et al. [94] | 2013 | 43 males + 36 females | Elite triathletes | Performance of each participant was examined during the running section of the World Triathlon Grand Final |
| Meyers et al. [67] | 2019 | 375 boys | Biweekly physical education classes | 30 m sprint |
| Meyers et al. [71] | 2016 | 189 boys | Biweekly physical education classes | 30 m sprint |
| Meyers et al. [72] | 2017 | 344 boys | Biweekly physical education classes | 35 m sprint |
| Monte et al. [65] | 2017 | 20 males + 20 females | Elite and intermediate sprinters | 80 m sprint with different stride frequencies (preferred and +15%, +30%, −15%, and −30% of the self-selected) |
| Monte et al. [68] | 2020 | 32 males | Endurance runners | 6 min running on treadmill at theoretical half-marathon running velocity |
| Morin et al. [139] | 2005 | 8 + 10 males | Physical education students + elite middle − distance runners | Running on treadmill at 3.33, 3.89, 4.44, 5.0, 5.56, 6.11, and 6.67 m/s + 10 m running at 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, and 7.0 m/s and maximal velocity |
| Morin et al. [55] | 2006 | 8 males | Physical education students | 100 m sprint |
| Morin et al. [92] | 2012 | 11 males | Physically active physical education students | Running on treadmill at 10 and 20 km/h |
| Nagahara and Zushi [127] | 2017 | 9 males | Sprinter, 2 jumpers, 5 pole vaulters, and a decathlete | 60 m sprint |
| Pappas et al. [147] | 2014 | 22 males | Healthy physical education students | Running on treadmill at 4.44 m/s |
| Paradisis et al. [58] | 2019 | 50 males | Subelite sprinters | 35 m sprint |
| Rabita et al. [100] | 2013 | 12 males | Runners | Running to exhaustion at constant velocity corresponding to VO2max |
| Rabita et al. [99] | 2011 | 6 males + 3 females | Elite triathletes | Running to exhaustion at a velocity corresponding to 95% of the VO2max |
| Rogers et al. [86] | 2017 | 11 males | Highly trained middle-distance runners | 50 m sprint |
| Roschel et al. [130] | 2015 | 15 humans | Recreational runners | Submaximal running tests on treadmill (10 min at 12 km/h and 90% ventilatory threshold intensity) |
| Rumpf et al. [73] | 2015 | 32 children | Physically active and trained a minimum of two times per week | 30 m sprint on treadmill |
| Rumpf et al. [70] | 2013 | 74 boys | Physically active | 30 sprint on treadmill |
| Stafilidis and Arampatzis [90] | 2007 | 10 males | Experienced sprinters | 60 m sprint |
| Vincent et al. [146] | 2020 | 28 males + 26 females | Recreational runners | Running on treadmill at self-selected velocity |
| Yin et al. [109] | 2020 | 78 males | Healthy amateur runners | 15 m running at 3.3 m/s |