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Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine: Clinical Investigations  The
Role of Impact Forces and Foot Pronation: A New Paradigm  Nigg,
Benno M. Dr sc nat  Collapse Box   Objective: This article
discusses the possible association between impact forces and
foot pronation and the development of running-related injuries,
and proposes a new paradigm for impact forces and foot
pronation.  Data Sources: The article is based on a critical
analysis of the literature on heel–toe running addressing
kinematics, kinetics, resultant joint movements and forces,
muscle activity, subject and material characteristics,
epidemiology, and biologic reactions. However, this paper is not
a review of the literature but rather an attempt to replace the
established concepts of impact forces and movement control with
a new paradigm that would allow explaining some of the current
contradictions in this topic of researc