The academics were key partners in the European-funded project to design and develop a heelless running shoe and to investigate the effect of such a shoe on running.
The university helped to secure developmental funding after working with chartered physiotherapist Adri Hartveld and his Stoke-on-Trent company Healus Technology, which prototyped the concept.
Staffordshire University professor of Clinical Biomechanics Nachi Chockalingam said: ’Staffordshire University led the mathematical and experimental modelling of the shoe, and will now be testing the performance of the heelless running shoe with women.’
Keen to establish itself as a leader in the field of running research, Staffordshire University is also looking for runners to volunteer to take part in a number of other research projects.
Prof Chockalingam added: ’We are looking to develop some baseline research in running and running styles, and we would like willing participants to contact us by emailing runningresearch@staffs.ac.uk.’
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