INJURY PREVENTION TECHNOLOGY

The knee is considered especially vulnerable in the lower extremity kinetic chain. VKs decreased frontal plane knee joint excursion (lateral movement) with test subjects.

Less joint excursion equates to improved alignment during running and reduces abnormal knee joint load.

Even a small variation in knee alignment can result in stress on the ligaments and degenerative damage to the knee.

VKTRY Insoles allowed the test subjects to decrease the degree of dorsiflexion (loading up) in order to perform the necessary work in plantar flexion (push-off)

This allows the tibialis anterior tendon to work less thereby reducing the chances of shin splints, tibial stress syndrome and anterior compartment syndrome.

VKs allowed the test subjects to “load up” at the ankle less… yet generate more force. Essentially… less risk, more reward.

VKs reduced the degree of ankle plantarflexion necessary for running test subjects to exert a measured ground force.

VKs better control ankle eversion (rolling) resulting in improved joint stability reducing the risk of ankle injury.

By decreasing ankle excursion (lateral movement), VKs keeps the bones & joints of the foot within the normally accepted range of motion resulting in reduced stress on the Plantar Fascia.

Whether walking, running or jumping, athletes experience ground reaction forces (GRF)

Test subjects experienced significantly less GRF with VKTRY Insoles (10%), especially once the athlete was fatigued.

This indicates that VKs were able to absorb more shock and distribute the ground forces more evenly for the athlete.