Editing Human leg (section)

===== Running =====
The most common injuries in running involve the knees and the feet. Various studies have focused on the initial cause of these running related injuries and found that there are many factors that correlate to these injuries. Female distance runners who had a history of stress fracture injuries had higher vertical impact forces than non-injured subjects.<ref name="autogenerated2006">{{cite journal |last1=Hreljac |first1=Alan |last2=Ferber |first2=Reed |year=2006 |title=A biomechanical perspective of predicting injury risk in running: review article |journal=International Sportmed Journal |volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=98–108 |hdl=10520/EJC48590 }}</ref> The large forces onto the lower legs were associated with gravitational forces, and this correlated with patellofemoral pain or potential knee injuries.<ref name="autogenerated2006" /> Researchers have also found that these running-related injuries affect the feet as well, because runners with previous injuries showed more foot eversion and over-pronation while running than non-injured runners.<ref name="vanderstraeten2004">{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.gaitpost.2004.12.004 |pmid=16311200 |title=A prospective study of gait related risk factors for exercise-related lower leg pain |journal=Gait & Posture |volume=23 |issue=1 |pages=91–98 |year=2006 |last1=Willems |first1=T.M. |last2=De Clercq |first2=D. |last3=Delbaere |first3=K. |last4=Vanderstraeten |first4=G. |last5=De Cock |first5=A. |last6=Witvrouw |first6=E. }}</ref> This causes more loads and forces on the medial side of the foot, causing more stress on the tendons of the foot and ankle.<ref name="vanderstraeten2004" /> Most of these running injuries are caused by overuse: running longer distances weekly for a long duration is a risk for injuring the lower legs.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/j.jsams.2014.07.014 |pmid=25174773 |title=A step towards understanding the mechanisms of running-related injuries |journal=Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport |year=2014 |last1=Malisoux |first1=Laurent |last2=Nielsen |first2=Rasmus Oestergaard |last3=Urhausen |first3=Axel |last4=Theisen |first4=Daniel |volume=18 |issue=5 |pages=523–28|doi-access=free }}</ref>