Nicola Relph, PhD of Edge Hill University in UK is our guest for this Mountain Land Running Medicine Podcast. Dr. Relph is a senior lecturer in the Faculty of Health, Social Care and Medicine at Edge Hill University. Her current research focus is musculoskeletal injuries in both active and inactive populations. Dr. Relph has a specific interest in lower-limb injuries in people beginning physical activity for the first time, with focus on injury prevention strategies. She is currently working on a project that will collect prevalence and incidence injury data from novice running participants who undertake the “Couch to 5k” program, and is also conducting research on parkrun, a free weekly 5km event. Dr, Relph is lead author on a Cochrane Review entitled: Running shoes for preventing lower limb running injuries in adults, which is the focus of our discussion today.

Relph N, Greaves H, Armstrong R, Prior TD, Spencer S, Griffiths IB, Dey P, Langley B. Running shoes for preventing lower limb running injuries in adults. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2022 Aug 22;8(8):CD013368. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013368.pub2. PMID: 35993829; PMCID: PMC9394464.