Effect of Red Arch-Support Insoles on Subjective Comfort and Movement Biomechanics in Various Landing Heights
Open Access
- 5 April 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by MDPI AG in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Vol. 17 (7), 2476
- https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17072476
Abstract
Red is perceived as a “winning color”, which may influence actual and perceived performances in sports, but little effort has been done to assess the added value on colored foot insoles in basketball movements. This study examined if colored foot insole would influence perceived comfort and lower extremity biomechanics during drop landing. Nineteen male basketball players performed drop landing trials with different insoles (red arch-support, white arch-support, and white-flat) and landing heights (0.45 and 0.61 m). Two-way (Insole x Height) ANOVAs with repeated measures were performed on each of the knee and ankle angles and moments variables. Wearing red arch-support insoles induced better perception of forefoot and rearfoot cushioning and overall comfort but smaller plantarflexion moment than the white-flat insoles (p < 0.05). Increased landing height was related to higher ground reaction loading, sagittal flexion angles, range of motion, and joint moments but smaller ankle eversion (p < 0.05). Findings indicate that foot insoles might have influenced comfort perception and joint kinetics, but not joint kinematics. The use of red color in foot insoles could potentially maximize the effectiveness of foot insoles in a way that alters comfort perception and motor control during landing, with implications for risk of injury.Funding Information
- Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission (Z181100009218005)
This publication has 55 references indexed in Scilit:
- Reliability of a basketball specific testing protocol for footwear fit and comfort perceptionFootwear Science, 2011
- Effects of footwear on comfort and injury in professional rugby leagueJournal of Sports Sciences, 2011
- Does a red shirt improve sporting performance? Evidence from Spanish footballApplied Economics Letters, 2011
- A 5° medial wedge reduces frontal but not saggital plane motion during jump landing in highly trained women athletesOpen Access Journal of Sports Medicine, 2010
- Regression relationships of landing height with ground reaction forces, knee flexion angles, angular velocities and joint powers during double-leg landingThe Knee, 2009
- Contoured, prefabricated foot orthoses demonstrate comparable mechanical properties to contoured, customised foot orthoses: a plantar pressure studyJournal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2009
- Soccer penalty takers' uniform colour and pre-penalty kick gaze affect the impressions formed of them by opposing goalkeepersJournal of Sports Sciences, 2008
- Red shirt colour is associated with long-term team success in English footballJournal of Sports Sciences, 2008
- Time-motion analysis and physiological data of elite under-19-year-old basketball players during competition * CommentaryBritish Journal of Sports Medicine, 2007
- Human perceptions of sports equipment under playing conditionsJournal of Sports Sciences, 2001