Its great to wear shoes if you are jumping, but not necessarily running. It is interesting that ground reactive forces were not significantly different for shod vs unshod conditions and that that knee flexion, angular velocity and power were higher for those “perceiving” that there would be more cushioning. It goes to show we are not smarter than our brain (we just think we are !).
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=%22Yeow%20CH%22%5BAuthor%5D
Knee. 2010 Aug 24. [Epub ahead of print]
Shod landing provides enhanced energy dissipation at the knee joint relative to barefoot landing from different heights.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, National University of Singapore, Singapore; Division of Bioengineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
