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