RUNSAFER Project

Running has become one of the most popular sports in the last years.  Running yields clear and numerous benefits on health; however, it has also a high incidence of related injuries.

The RUNSAFER Project ('Development of a new running shoe with embedded electronics providing real time biomechanical feedback to reduce injury risk and enhance motivation, and a web portal allowing real training management') has been founded by the European Commission through the VII Framework Programme in order to develop a new system consisting on:

• A new running shoe.
• A mobile phone application.
• A web portal.

These tools will help to prevent injuries , providing control training to runners.

The RUNSAFER project consists of five technical workpackages, as showed below: