Northern Michigan University NMU Commons All NMU Master's Theses Student Works 5-2019 THE EFFECTS OF SHOE TYPE ON BIOMECHANICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO STEPPING AND INCLINED WALKING Ashley L. VanSumeren
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://commons.nmu.edu/theses Part of the Biomechanics Commons Recommended Citation VanSumeren, Ashley L., "THE EFFECTS OF SHOE TYPE ON BIOMECHANICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO STEPPING AND INCLINED WALKING" (2019). All NMU Master's Theses. 576. https://commons.nmu.edu/theses/576 This Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Works at NMU Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in All NMU Master's Theses by an authorized administrator of NMU Commons. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. THE EFFECTS OF SHOE TYPE ON BIOMECHANICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO STEPPING AND INCLINED WALKING By Ashley L. VanSumeren THESIS Submitted to Northern Michigan University In partial fulfillment of the requirements For the degree of MASTERS OF EXERCISE SCIENCE Office of Graduate Education and Research May 2019 ABSTRACT THE EFFECTS OF SHOE TYPE ON BIOMECHANICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES TO STEPPING AND INCLINED WALKING By Ashley L. VanSumeren The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of hiking shoes and hiking boots on the biomechanical responses to a stepping task and physiological responses to an inclined walking task. Participants (n = 16) performed six two minute stepping trials at a stepping rate of 72 bpm; three trials in hiking boots and three trials in hiking shoes. Following the stepping task, participants (n = 19) walked at 3.0 mph and 10% grade for five minutes in hiking shoes and hiking boots.