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This study assessed whether the data from a fitness smartwatch and chest strap containing a tri-axial accelerometer (FS) is sensible to detect changes in running style. Twenty-eight participants performed 95 m running bouts at ~3 m\/s in two conditions: normal running and running while actively reducing impact sounds (silent running). The FS acquired running cadence, ground contact time (GCT), stride length, trunk vertical oscillation (TVO), and heart rate. Moreover, a tri-axial accelerometer attached to the right shank provided peak vertical tibia acceleration (PKACC). The running parameters extracted from the FS and PKACC variables were compared between normal and silent running. Moreover, the association between PKACC and smartwatch running parameters was accessed using Pearson correlations. There was a 13 \u00b1 19% reduction in PKACC (p &lt; 0.005), and a 5 \u00b1 10% increase in TVO from normal to silent running (p &lt; 0.01). Moreover, there were slight reductions (~2 \u00b1 2%) in cadence and GCT when silently running (p &lt; 0.05). However, there were no significant associations between PKACC and the variables extracted from the FS (r &lt; 0.1, p &gt; 0.05). Therefore, our results suggest that biomechanical variables extracted from FS have limited sensitivity to detect changes in running technique. 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