In Part 3 of our four part GAIT ANALYSIS special, guest Dr Izzy Moore, Associate Professor in Human Movement & Sports Medicine at Cardiff Metropolitan University, discusses what we should be focussing on when working with female runners, in order to to reduce risk of injury and maximise performance.

Other Episodes:


Part 1 with Dr. Max Paquette, Associate Professor of the University of Memphis Human Performance
Center is available on all popular podcast apps and YouTube.
Part 2 with Dr JF Esculier, Vice-President & Director of Research & Development at The Running Clinic.
Part 3 with Dr Izzy Moore, Associate Professor in Human Movement & Sports Medicine at Cardiff Metropolitan University.  
Part 4: JOIN US LIVE Thursday March 2nd 8pm (GMT): Dr. Allison Gruber, Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at Indiana University Bloomington.

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If you are interested in starting a Gait Analysis service or updating it to be more evidence informed, podcast host Matt Phillips will be giving his course ‘Gait Analysis For Runners: A Modern Approach’ in May 2023.
• Two live ONLINE mornings - Saturday 6th & 13th May
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Topics discussed with Dr Izzy Moore in this episode:


1:20 Details of all episodes of this Gait Analysis Series 
2:15 Dr Izzy Moore - over a decade of running related research
6:40 Running Researchers that influenced Dr Izzy Moore: Dr Daniel Lieberman, Dr Irene Davis, Dr Allison Gruber 
11:00 Hardware & software that Dr Moore uses at Cardiff University for running related research
14:20 Dr Moore's studies with Grainne Donnelly & Emma Brockwell 'Running During Pregnancy & Post Partum, Parts A & B' (2022)  
22:30 The relationship of sex-specific kinematic variables & running economy 
27:10 Should we be encouraging running form changes in female runners pursuing improved running performance?
33:00 Camille Herron: Interesting example of femoral anteversion 
34:00 Sprint Mechanics vs Distance Running
36:30 The relationship of sex-specific kinematic variables & running injury
39:40 Spatiotemporal variables: Cadence and Step Length
48:20 Free Software: Predicting Optimal Gait Characteristics Spreadsheet (link below)
49:30 Breast Biomechanics
55:20 Follow Dr Izzy Moore on Twitter: @IzzyMoorePhD

Useful Links  


Twitter: @IzzyMoorePhd
ResearchGate Dr Izzy Moore
Download Link for 'Predicting Optimal Gait Characteristics Spreadsheet'

Our sincere thanks to Dr Izzy Moore for giving up her time to be a guest! Join us for Part 4 on Thursday March 2nd 8pm (GMT) with guest Dr. Allison Gruber, Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at Indiana University Bloomington.



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