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Default United Kingdom: MBT Shoes: These boots weren't made for walkin'

MBT Shoes: These boots weren't made for walkin'

By Eilish O'Regan Health Correspondent
Thursday May 22 2008
http://www.independent.ie/health/las...n-1382750.html

A hugely popular training shoe which promises wearers better posture and less pressure on the joints can increase the risk of falling over while walking or running, new research revealed yesterday.

The findings from the School of Physiotherapy in the Royal College of Surgeons Dublin will come as bad news to the tens of thousands of Irish people who have forked out €200 for a pair.

The MBT shoe -- short for Masai Barefoot Technology -- with a thick, low, rounded sole is supposed to mimic the natural conditions of standing and walking barefoot in natural terrain.

She looked at 10 women and found the shoes significantly increased their postural sway which indicated the shoe was inherently unstable and compromised a person's chances of staying upright.

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