Introduction: The human body is designed for movement, so a person needs movement to maintain health. There are several ways to avoid acute and chronic diseases and thereby maintain health. Encouraging such persons to participate in sports activities contributes to their greater independence and the improvement of some concomitant diseases. Amputation is the absence of an end for several reasons. It can be a congenital defect, cancer, cardiovascular diseases and infections. The level of amputation is determined according to the joint or cost through which it passes. We replace the missing part of the end with a prosthesis. Depending on the functional category, we recommend prosthetic components to individuals. Sports prosthetic feet for running are most often in two forms, in the shape of the letter C and J. Purpose: The purpose of this diploma work was to present prosthetic running feet and their use in lower limb amputees, based on a review of scientific literature as well as available products on the market. Methods: We searched literature in the English language in different databases: PubMed, ScienceDirect Web of Science, Google Scholar and the Google search. Keywords used were (sprint OR run) AND (prosthesis OR prostheses) AND (foot). We included only free articles published in the last 10 years, as well as articles and research related to the running prostheses. Results: We included 18 articles in the thesis, all of which included prosthetic feet for running. Discussion and conclusion: We found that adjusting the prosthetic foot in the sagittal plane affects foot stiffness, step length and frequency, and energy return. The stiffness of the foot is also affected by the size of the load. Stride length increases with increasing speed in the limb with and without amputation. The side of the amputation does not affect the outcome of the run, but the number of amputations, i.e. unilateral or bilateral amputation, does. Not everyday prosthetic feet are suitable for running, they have to be specially designed for it. For future research, we think it is important to provide accurate information about the subjects and their running prosthesis, the unification of the stiffness evaluation system, a larger number of subjects in the research and more research in the field of foot alignment and shape, as well as comparing people with and without amputations and feet to each other.
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