I have no doubt about the importance of plantar sensory input has on normal gait, balance and postural stability; having spent many years looking at the impacts of diabetes and what the sensory neuropathy does to gait and balance. What I do have doubts about, and will address this in greater detail in a future post, is the role that footwear, especially softer footwear, has on attenuating that sensory input. The rhetoric and propaganda is all around that we need to feel the ground to have those appropriate sensations for normal function and postural stability
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The effects of shoes and barefoot on postural stability
