Table 7. Summary of the studies on heel cup effect (n = 2). |
Reference |
Shoe Conditions |
Tested running Speed (m/s) |
Subject Info (Numbers, Sex, Age, Landing type) |
Testing Protocol |
Outcome |
PEDro Score |
Performance related |
Injury related |
Li et al., (2018) |
1. Heel cup (HC) 2. Non-heel cup (N-HC) |
NA |
16, F=6, M=10, NA |
jogging |
HC ↓ load on plantar fascia & calcaneus bone after wearing heel cups for 4 weeks |
HC ↓ self-reported pain than N-HC. |
6 |
Wang et al., (1994) |
1. Rubber heel cup 1 (Rub-1) 2. Rubber heel cup 2 (Rub-2) 3. Plastic heel cup (Plastic) 4. No-heel cup |
2.78 |
16, NA, AGE, volunteers without heel pain & 6 with heel pain |
Treadmill |
Plastic ↑ heel pad thickness than rubber heel cup; Rubber & Plastic ↑ shock absorption of heel than no heel cups |
NA |
6 |
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