Table 8. Summary of the studies on shoe upper effect (n=2).
Reference Shoe
Conditions
Tested
running
Speed
(m/s)
Subject Info
(Numbers, Sex, Age, Landing type)
Testing
Protocol
Outcome PEDro Score
Performance
related
Injury
related
Onodera et al., (2015) 1. Structured upper (Structure)
2. Minimalistic upper (Minimal)
2.64-2.91 20, M, 33.3, rearfoot
striker
Overground running Structure ↑ contact time for total midfoot & lateral
forefoot than Minimal;
→ contact area
Minimal ↑ PP in total area, rearfoot &
medial forefoot than Structure;
Minimal ↓ PP at
midfoot than Structure
6
Onodera et al., (2017) 1. Structured upper
(Structure).
2. Minimalist upper
(Minimal).
3. Low Resilience
cushioning material (Low)
4. High Resilience
cushioning material (High)
2.64-2.92 27, M, 36.0, Rearfoot striker Overground running Accuracy higher than 85%
was achieved by considering
only 25 variables to differentiate
upper structures;
a mean accuracy of 93.4% with 25 variables, & 95.6% with 150
variables.
NA 6
NA = not available