Footwear developments on agenda at running conference

03/06/2009

Japanese sports footwear brand Asics has organised a conference on running, which will take place at Kettering in the UK on June 10.

The event, called Running 2009, is for professionals who are involved in the training and rehabilitation of athletes. Asics aims to facilitate the sharing of current evidence and innovative ideas that can be used in practice to maintain the health of the runner and promote optimal treatments in the event of an injury.

Presentations will cover three areas: the physiological science of running; the biomechanical science of running and the rehabilitation of an injured runner.

Dr Tsuyoshi Nishiwaki, the brand’s head of functional development and fitness science, wil leading a discussion on developments in running footwear.