Relationships between pronation-related kinematics and musculoskeletal loadings during running: implications for footwear

Foot and lower leg pronation is a universal movement occurring during locomotion (Nigg et al. 2019). Pronation is still cited as a risk factor in the apparition of some running-related overuse injuries although high evidence is lacking (Willwacher et al. 2022). Studying the influence of external loadings on internal loadings could help to understand the aetiology of tissue injury (Paquette and Miller, 2018). Such an approach could challenge the relevance of the pronation-related kinematic variables classically used in biomechanical studies, especially when an intervention like motion control footwear is assessed.