This is a blog from Amby Burfoot about an abstract to be presented at next weeks American College of Sports Medicine conference: Quote: Minimalist Shoes Don’t Improve Arch Strength: A team from Louisiana and Alabama figured that wearing minimalist shoes for 6 months should increase an arch strength measure called Arch Rigidity Index. They had only 5 subjects, but were surprised by their no-change result. In fact, they turned it around by commenting that at least the lack-of-arch-supports did not decrease arch strength.
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Minimalist Running Does NOT Increase Arch Strength
