Table 1. Back foot and front foot forces generated by 24 golfers when Fz is vertical, Fy is the anterior-posterior and Fx is mediolateral force. Data are means ( ±SD).
Back foot
Front foot
Driver
3 iron
7 iron
Driver
3 iron
7 iron
Traditional metal spike golf shoe
Fz
.33 (.07) **
.67 (.13)
.67 (.10)
.82 (.11) *
.96 (.16)
.92 (.17)
Fy
.16 (.03) *
.27 (.05)
.26 (.05)
.29 (.04) *
.33 (.04)
.31 (.04)
Fx
.21 (.04) *
.20 (.04)
.19 (.04)
.25 (.03) *
.23 (.03)
.22 (.03)
Alternative spike golf shoe
Fz
.34 (.12) **
.70 (.15)
.67 (.09)
.83 (.10) *
.94 (.21)
.87 (.30)
Fy
.16 (.03) *
.28 (.05)
.27 (.05)
.30 (.04) *
.34 (.03)
.31 (.04)
Fx
.22 (.05) *
.21 (.05)
.19 (.04)
.26 (.03) *
.22 (.03)
.22 (.03)
Flat sole golf shoe with no additional traction
Fz
.32 (.11) **
.68 (.13)
.63 (.30)
.83 (.12) *
.96 (.20)
.90 (.19)
Fy
.17 (.03) *
.27 (.05)
.25 (.14)
.30 (.05) *
.33 (.04)
.31 (.04)
Fx
.21 (.05)
.20 (.04)
.19 (.03)
.25 (.03) *
.22 (.03)
.22 (.02)
Significant differences exist between the driver:3 iron and driver:7 iron for all cells (* p < 0.05; ** p ≤ 0.001) with the exception of the shaded back foot Fx