Table 1

Items of the baseline questionnaire

SectionItems
DemographicsSex
Date of birth
Height (cm)
Weight (kg)
TrainingRunning experience (years)
Running frequency (times per week)*
Running time (hours per week)*
Running distance (km per week)*
Running speed (min per km)*
Membership of a running club (yes/no)
Use of training schedules (yes/no)
Training surface (paved/unpaved and flat/non-flat)
Types of training
 Endurance training (%)
 Interval training (%)
 Specific exercises (%)
Shoe type (neutral/anti-pronation/minimalistic/unknown)
Number of running shoes
Advices on running shoes
Use of bandages (yes/no)
Use of sport compression socks (yes/no)
Use of inlays (yes/no)
Average cadence (steps per min)
Foot strike pattern (rearfoot/midfoot/forefoot/unknown)
Running eventsPrevious participation (yes/no)
Years of participation
Average participations per year
Year of last participation
Distances of previous running events
LifestyleSmoking (yes/no)
Alcohol consumption (average glasses per week)
SQUASH questionnaire†
Previous running-related injuriesRunning-related injury in previous 12 months (yes/no)
Anatomical location (lower back/buttock/hip/groin/ventral thigh/dorsal thigh/knee/shin/calf/Achilles tendon/ankle/foot/toe)
Diagnosis
Onset (sudden/gradually)
Duration of complaints (weeks)
Still suffering injury (yes/no)
Health complaintsPresence (yes/no, and if yes, which health complaints)
  • *Asked for the averages over the last month and last year.

  • †Short questionnaire to assess health-enhancing physical activity, a validated questionnaire that measures health-enhancing physical activity in large populations.48 49