LITTLE ROCK — For a certain generation, any consideration of the benefits of running shoes - the recondite discussions of overpronation and supination and plantar fasciitis - might begin with a ...

Background Advocates of barefoot running suggest that it is more natural and may be a way to minimise injury risk. In contrast, opponents believe shoes are needed to adequately cushion and support the ...

Humans have engaged in endurance running for millions of years 1, but the modern running shoe was not invented until the 1970s. For most of human evolutionary history, runners were either barefoot or ...

The requirement for thoroughbreds to wear shoes in some showing classes has come under the microscope as riders ask – why? Retraining of Racehorses (RoR) requires horses to be shod all round in its ...

Over the years I have recommended numerous horse-related articles from The Horse magazine and its companion website TheHorse.com that report on new surgery, feed and supplement protocols regarding ...

Researchers show that children and adolescents who spend most of their time barefoot develop motor skills differently from those who habitually wear shoes. Published in Frontiers in Pediatrics, this ...

2 Department of Physiology, Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia 3 Department of Movement Science, Biomechanics, Australian Institute of Sport, Canberra, ...