On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 10:10 AM, Gautam John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://nymag.com/health/features/46213/ > > "In 2006, a group of rheumatologists at Chicago's Rush Medical College > studied the force of the "knee adduction moment"—basically, the force > of torque on the medial chamber of the knee joint where arthritis > occurs. For years, rheumatologists have advised patients with > osteoarthritis of the knees to wear padded walking shoes, to reduce > stress on their joints. As for the knee-adduction moment, they've > attempted to address it with braces and orthotics that immobilize the > knee, but with inconsistent results. So the researchers at Rush tried > something different: They had people walk in their walking shoes, then > barefoot, and each time measured the stress on their knees. They > found, to their surprise, that the impact on the knees was 12 percent > less when people walked barefoot than it was when people wore the > padded shoes." > > <snip>
Ah. I *knew* that Husain had a point....or rather, a joint...the knee joint. Deepa.
