Any Doubts Shoe Deform the Feet?

For those of you that still believe all this barefoot/minimalist running talk is a crock and shoes are the answer, well read this: http://webh01.ua.ac.be/funmorph/kris/pubs/D'Aout_et_al_2009b.pdf.

Shoes, to no surprise if you think about it logically, changes and deform the natural feet and barefoot walkers have stronger feet than their shod counterparts. But, obviously we are gullible, easy, and too lazy to actually consider the alternatives.

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