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site Int J Sports Phys Ther. 2012 October; 7(5): 525–532. PMCID:
PMC3474309 D. S. Blaise Williams, III, PhD, MPT,1,2 Douglas H.
Green, DPT,3 and Brian Wurzinger, DPT, LAT, ATC4 1Commonwealth
Sports Medicine, Glen Allen, VA, USA 2East Carolina University,
Greenville, NC, USA 3PRO Physical Therapy, Dover, DE, USA 4Duke
Sports Medicine Center, Durham, NC, USA Informed consent for
participation in the study was approved by the University and
Medical Center Institutional Review Board at East Carolina
University. D. S. Blaise Williams III, PhD, MPT, Commonwealth
Sports Medicine, 4101 Cox Road, Suite 301, Glen Allen, VA 23060,
USA, bwilliams/at/ Both forefoot strike shod (FFS) and barefoot
(BF) running styles result in different mechanics when compared
to rearfoot strike (RFS) shod running. Additionally, running
mechanics of FFS and BF running are similar to one another.
Comparing the mechanical changes occurring in each of these
patterns is necessary t