{"id":243232,"date":"2026-05-10T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/10\/super-shoes-boost-running-performance-but-also-injury-numbers\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T17:15:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T21:15:08","slug":"super-shoes-boost-running-performance-but-also-injury-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/10\/super-shoes-boost-running-performance-but-also-injury-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Super shoes’ boost running performance, but also injury numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘Super shoes’ boost running performance, but also injury numbers<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.earth.com\/news\/super-shoes-advanced-footwear-technology-improve-running-performance-boost-injuries\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-10 17:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.earth.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Most athletes who buy into carbon-plated running shoes, known as \u201cadvanced footwear technology,\u201d have done one calculation: is the gain in performance worth the cost?<\/p>\n

At $200 to $300 a pair, the question is practical. And the performance case is hard to argue with \u2013 every world record at 5 kilometers and above over the last decade belongs to someone wearing this type of shoe.<\/p>\n

What has gone mostly overlooked, however, is what those shoes do to the body\u2019s actual mechanics. <\/p>\n

A new study tested that question in a lab for the first time using healthy elite runners, and the answer is more complicated than most buyers assume.<\/p>\n

Testing shoe performance<\/h2>\n

Researchers at Mass General Brigham (MGB) wanted to know whether the same design super shoe design that helps runners go faster also pushes their bodies toward injury.<\/p>\n

Studies have shown the shoes can cut the energy cost of running by roughly 4 percent, according to research comparing elite and sub-elite runners. <\/p>\n

The question the MGB team set out to answer was whether that efficiency came with a hidden cost to the bones.<\/p>\n

Lead author Michelle M. Bruneau, PT, DPT, PhD, is a postdoctoral research fellow at Spaulding Rehabilitation; senior author Adam Tenforde, MD, directs Running Medicine at MGB. <\/p>\n

Together they recruited 23 healthy elite distance runners \u2013 11 women and 12 men \u2013 each of whom logged at least 30 miles per week and already trained or raced in advanced footwear, the design researchers shorten to AFT.<\/p>\n

All had competed at the professional or collegiate level, or qualified for national championships or Olympic trials. <\/p>\n

Every runner completed trials in all three shoes in randomized order \u2013 a neutral cushioned trainer, a lightweight foam shoe, and the AFT model \u2013 running at training pace, tempo pace, and 5-kilometer race pace.<\/p>\n

Researchers attached 40 reflective markers to each runner\u2019s body and tracked movement with 10 motion-capture cameras. An instrumented treadmill captured the forces traveling up…<\/p>\n

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