The effect of two retraining programs, barefoot running vs increasing cadence, on kinematic parameters: A randomized controlled trial Molina Molina, Alejandro Mercado Palomino, Elia Delgado García, Gabriel Soto Hermoso, Víctor Manuel Gait retraining Metronome Running form Step rate Unshod The authors would like to acknowledge the study participants involved in recruitment and the coaches who contributed to the implementation of the running retraining programs. Funding for open access charge: Universidad de Granada/CBUA. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of two 10-week non-laboratory- based running retraining programs on foot kinematics and spatiotemporal parameters in recreational runners. One hundred and three recreational runners (30 ± 7.2 years old, 39% females) were randomly assigned to either: a barefoot retraining group (BAR) with 3 sessions/week over 10 weeks, a cadence retraining group (CAD) who increased cadence by 10% again with 3 sessions/week over 10 weeks and a control group (CON) who did not perform any retraining. The footstrike pattern, footstrike angle (FSA), and spatial-temporal variables at comfortable and high speeds were measured using 2D/3D photogrammetry and a floor-based photocell system. A 3 × 2 ANOVA was used to compare between the groups and 2 time points. The FSA significantly reduced at the comfortable speed by 5.81° for BAR (p < 0.001; Cohen's d = 0.749) and 4.81° for CAD (p = 0.002; Cohen's d = 0.638), and at high speed by 6.54° for BAR (p < 0.001; Cohen's d = 0.753) and by 4.71° for CAD (p = 0.001; Cohen's d = 0.623). The cadence significantly increased by 2% in the CAD group (p = 0.015; Cohen's d = 0.344) at comfortable speed and the BAR group showed a 1.7% increase at high speed. BAR and CAD retraining programs showed a moderate effect for reducing FSA and rearfoot prevalence, and a small effect for increasing cadence. Both offer low-cost and feasible tools for gait modification within recreational runners in clinical scenarios. 2021-11-25T07:59:27Z 2021-11-25T07:59:27Z 2021-10-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Molina-Molina, A... [et al.]. The effect of two retraining programs, barefoot running vs increasing cadence, on kinematic parameters: A randomized controlled trial. Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2021; 00: 1– 10. [https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.14091] http://hdl.handle.net/10481/71740 10.1111/sms.14091 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España John Wiley & Sons