Female Athlete Conference 2025 (Boston, MA)

E-Poster: On-Demand Conference

Available June 16-September 21, 2025

An Exploratory Study of Foot Strike Patterns and Running Related Urinary Incontinence in Recreational Female Runners (Wiebe et al. 2025*)

Excited to share more results from my research exploring interactions between running and pelvic health needs at the Female Athlete Conference (On-Demand post-conference proceedings). One of our guiding questions as we look through all of our data is: Can we identify modifiable variables, such as foot strike patterns, that may offer new assessment and intervention strategies to reduce impact-related issues that are commonly associated with running-related urinary incontinence. We will be sharing some of our results looking at associations between:

-Peak resultant acceleration at initial contact
-Foot strike patterns (forefoot, rearfoot, and mid foot)
-Running-related urinary incontinence

Pelvic floor concerns in female athletes have recently been identified as a research priority by the International Olympic Committee (see more info here IOC identified female athlete health domains)  Thrilled to continue to explore variables that support these new priorities.

*Thanks to my incredible team:

 Jennifer LaCross, PT, DPT, PhD, WCS, ATC; Min Huang, PT, PhD; Anna Nguyen, PT, DPT; Lauren Fridman; Nicolas Tran; Chris Napier, PT, PhD.