Koşucularda koşu biyomekaniği değerlendirmesi

With the increasing awareness of maintaining a healthy lifestyle in modern life, running activity is becoming popular not only by professional but also amateur athletes. Considering that running, which increases cardiovascular endurance, can cause athletes to experience acute and chronic musculoskeletal injuries if done unconsciously, understanding running biomechanics for runners of all levels can contribute to the prevention of injuries and support the development of running performance. Therefore, the purpose of this study is; to measure running biomechanics and vertical jump parameters in amateur runners and to examine the relationship between these parameters. The study included 22 amateur runners (32.23 ± 6.43 years) who received running training and had a running training period according to their annual race goals. Foot posture index and footbalance sole analysis system of each runner's foot and ankle posture in stance position; Functional dorsiflexion angle of the ankle was measured with the Weight Bearing Lunge Test. Performance-related tests are performed by optojump system, Squat Jump Test, (Height) and running biomechanical parameters are Treadmill running test (contact time, contact phase, flight time, foot flat phase, propulsion phase, stride length, step length and height). measured. Before running and jumping measurements, each runner was given a standardized warm-up program (3 minutes of running up to 12 km / h) and mobility exercise. As a result of this study, there is no statistically significant relationship was found between positional stance parameters of the foot and biomechanical running parameters (p> 0.05). However, maximal vertical jump is higher in runners with a high foot dorsiflexion angle (p <0.05). In addtion, no relationship was found between the height of the foot in running from the ground and the maximal vertical jump height. (p> 0.05). A negative correlation was found between contact time and contact phase, step length and stride length which are among the running parameters (p <0.05). There is a positive correlation between height, contact phase and step length in running. (p <0.05) In conclusion, while evaluating running biomechanics, we consider that dynamic performance measurements as well as static evaluations are valuable in evaluating running biomechanics and offering suggestions to improve running performance. For amateur runners of a certain level, reaction time drills based on the height, contact phase and duration of the foot from the ground, middle forefoot running press drills and horizontal jumps exercises, proprioception-balance exercises can be recommended to increase the step length and stride length that will affect the running performance. In addition, ankle mobility exercise and recommendations and suggestions can be given to increase the ability of the arch of the foot to adapt to movement can be made to increase vertical jumping performance in runners. Key words: Running analysis, Runners, Amateur runner, Running biyomechanics, Run perpormance