Increased tibial acceleration has been found to be an important risk factor for tibial stress
fractures. Interventions aimed at reducing this variable which found a beneficial effect include the
use of biofeedback in gait retraining. However, no studies have focused on the time participants
take to modify tibial acceleration, therefore we aimed to find the start of a learning plateau in this
study. Six participants ran on a treadmill while multisensory feedback was given. A single-subject
analysis was used to characterise the learning effects. All participants changed peak tibial
acceleration within the first step of running in the feedback condition. Two participants further
reduced tibial acceleration to reach a plateau within 120 steps. In four of the six participants a strong
effect of the feedback was still present after a week. Further research is needed to optimise the use
of biofeedback in reducing the prevalence of tibial stress fractures