Vpliv napredne tehnologije tekaške obutve na ekonomičnost teka : magistrsko delo

Kuraj, Jaka (author), Dolenec, Aleš (mentor), Strojnik, Vojko (comentor)

Napredna tehnologija tekaške obutve izboljša ekonomičnost teka v primerjavi s tradicionalno tekaško obutvijo, kar lahko pripomore k boljšemu rezultatu teka na dolge proge. Glede na to, da se napredna tehnologija tekaške obutve od tradicionalne tekaške obutve razlikuje v številnih elementih, predvsem v geometriji in materialu srednjega podplata, ter v prisotnosti ukrivljenega elementa za povečanje vzdolžne upogibne togosti, ni mogoče oceniti, kako posamezni elementi napredne tehnologije tekaške obutve vplivajo na ekonomičnost teka. Namen magistrskega dela je bil pregledati raziskave, v katerih so bili eksperimentalni in kontrolni tekaški čevlji zasnovani tako, da so se razlikovali le v enem elementu, v materialu srednjega podplata ali v ukrivljenem elementu za povečanje vzdolžne upogibne togosti, ob upoštevanju manjših razlik v masi. Z iskalnim nizom (“ADVANCED FOOTWEAR TECHNOLOGY”) OR (“PEBA”) OR (“CURVED CARBON FIBER PLATE”) OR (“CARBON PLATE”) OR (“SUPER SHOES”) OR (“MIDSOLE”) AND (“RUNNING ECONOMY”) OR (“ENERGY COST”) OR (“METABOLIC COST”) smo v zbirkah Footwear Science, PubMed in Scopus marca 2026 dobili 1363 zadetkov in na podlagi vključitvenih kriterijev vključili 12 zadetkov v sistematičen pregled. Zadetki so bili razdeljeni v dve skupini, pri čemer sta bila dva zadetka uporabljena v obeh skupinah; vpliv srednjega podplata na ekonomičnost teka (9 zadetkov) in vpliv ukrivljenega elementa za povečanje vzdolžne upogibne togosti na ekonomičnost teka (5 zadetkov). V prvem delu, kjer smo pregledali vpliv materiala srednjega podplata na ekonomičnost teka v dveh modelih, ki sta identična v ostalih lastnostih, z izjemo manjšega odstopanja v masi, smo ugotovili, da večina raziskav poroča o boljši ekonomičnosti teka v tekaškem čevlju, ki ima prožnejši in elastičnejši srednji podplat, kar je značilno za napredno tehnologijo tekaške obutve. Slednje je bilo v večini raziskav doseženo z uporabo PEBA materiala v eksperimentalnem modelu, medtem ko je kontrolen model imel srednji podplat iz EVA materiala. V drugem delu, kjer smo pregledali vpliv prisotnosti ukrivljenega elementa za povečanje vzdolžne upogibne togosti na ekonomičnost teka v dveh modelih, ki sta identična v ostalih lastnostih, z izjemo manjšega odstopanja v masi, smo ugotovili, da so rezultati mešani, zato ni mogoče podati zaključka o vplivu ukrivljenega elementa za povečanje vzdolžne upogibne togosti na ekonomičnost teka.

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: napredna tehnologija tekaške obutve, srednji podplat, ukrivljen element za povečanje vzdolžne upogibne togosti, ekonomičnost teka
• Work type: Master's thesis/paper
• Typology: 2.09 - Master's Thesis
• Organization: FŠ - Faculty of Sport
• Year: 2026
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-186538
• COBISS.SI-ID: 291176707
• Publication date in RUL: 03.09.2026

Secondary language

• Language: English
• Title: Influence of Advanced Footwear Technology on Running Economy

Abstract

Advanced footwear technology improves running economy compared to traditional running shoes. Such improvements could contribute to faster times achieved in long-distance running events. Advanced footwear technology differs from traditional running shoes in several aspects, including midsole geometry, midsole materials, and a curved carbon plate, which increases the shoe's longitudinal bending stiffness. Because of that, it is not possible to estimate how individual constructional elements of advanced footwear technology influence running economy. The purpose of this master's thesis was to systematically analyse papers in which experimental and control running shoes differed only in one element, midsole material or curved carbon plate, regardless of small differences in shoe mass. Footwear Science, PubMed in Scopus databases were searched in March 2026 using the following keywords (“ADVANCED FOOTWEAR TECHNOLOGY”) OR (“PEBA”) OR (“CURVED CARBON FIBER PLATE”) OR (“CARBON PLATE”) OR (“SUPER SHOES”) OR (“MIDSOLE”) AND (“RUNNING ECONOMY”) OR (“ENERGY COST”) OR (“METABOLIC COST”). We identified 1363 articles, out of which 12 were included in the systematic review. Articles were divided into two areas, with two articles included in both: the influence of midsole foam material on running economy (9) and the influence of a curved carbon plate on running economy (5). In the first part, we focused on the influence of midsole foam material by using two otherwise identical shoes that differed only in shoe mass. Our analysis suggests that the running economy is superior in models with midsole foams characterized by greater resilience and compliance, key features of advanced footwear technology. Greater resilience and compliance were primarily achieved through the PEBA midsole used in the experimental shoe, whereas the control shoe featured an EVA midsole. In the second part, we focused on the influence of the curved carbon plate using two otherwise identical shoes with only small differences in shoe mass. Our analysis produced mixed results; therefore, we cannot draw any conclusions regarding the influence of the curved carbon plate on running economy.

• Keywords: advanced footwear technology, midsole foam, curved carbon plate, running economy