Nine formal systematic reviews of the evidence have so far been published looking at the evidence on barefoot or minimalist running having systematic benefits or not. Every single one of them concluded the same thing (reviewed here and here and here ). Despite those conclusions, all by people from different backgrounds and published in a variety of different journals, you still see claims that the evidence is that there are systematic benefits
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The Risks and Benefits of Running Barefoot or in Minimalist Shoes