Runners wearing high-tech expensive trainers are more likely to injure themselves than those who use simpler shoes with no cushioning, new research suggests.

A study found thinner trainers encourages athletes to land on the ball of their foot rather than the heel, putting significantly less stress on the body.

Those wearing traditional trainers, by contrast, exert a much higher “loading rate”, the speed which force is applied to the body when a runner’s foot hits the ground.