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Pricey Running Shoes Not Worth It
WEDNESDAY,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Oct. 10 (HealthDay News) -- When it comes to picking footwear, runners should follow Prince Charming's lead and consider a shoe's fit, not its price tag, new research suggests.
Using high-tech methods,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a team of Scottish scientists found no differences in either comfort or shock absorption between $80 pairs of running shoes and pairs made by the same companies costing more than $150.
"My advice to runners is to make sure that,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], first,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the footwear fits your feet, and that if you are paying more, that doesn't mean that you're getting something better," said lead researcher Rami Abboud, director of the Institute of Motion Analysis and Research at the University of Dundee.
His team published its findings Oct,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]. 10 in the online edition of the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
Over the past few decades,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the lowly sneaker has been transformed from a humble canvas-topped loafer to something that,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], according to advertisers,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], uses space-age technology to protect and enhance the human foot. Those lofty claims often come with lofty prices,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], however.
"What we wanted to check was, are you really getting value for money?" Abboud said. "Or are you just paying for advertisement?"
In their study, the Scottish researchers had 43 men, averaging about 29 years of age, try on nine pairs of running shoes -- three models each from three of the world's leading manufacturers. The men were sizes ranging from 8 to 10 (considered average male foot sizes) and had no foot or gait abnormalities.
The retail price of each of the three shoes within each brand spanned in price from $80-$90,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], $120-$130,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and $140-$150, respectively. The men had no way of knowing the brand or cost of the shoes they were testing.
Participants were asked to test out the footwear and give the researchers a subjective assessment of each shoe's comfort. They also ran in the shoes while wearing high-tech sensors that gauged pressures at various points on the foot, including plantar pressure, the force generated by the impact of the sole hitting the ground.
"I believe that sports manufacturers are using similar,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], if not the same, equipment for measuring pressure inside the shoes,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," Abboud said.
Tabulating the results, the researchers reported no significant differences in comfort between the shoes, regardless of their price.
When it came to shock absorption, some shoes performed better than others on different areas of the foot, but no clear pattern emerged. In fact, plantar pressure was actually lower for the cheap-to-moderately priced footwear compared to more high-end gear, although this difference did not reach statistical significance,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the researchers said.
"The perception is that if you pay more, you might end up having something more protective within the shoes,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but that's something that we just couldn't find," Abboud said. "From what we found, [the difference] seems to be pure advertisement."
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