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The effects of textured insoles on quiet standing balance in four stance types with and without vision.

Ryan P W KennyDaniel L EavesDenis MartinAnna L HattonJohn Dixon
Published in: BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation (2019)
Overall, these results support textured insole use in healthy young adults to reduce postural sway measures. This is because APSD is an index of spatial variability, where a decrease is associated with improved balance and possibly translates to reduced falls risk. Placing a novel texture in the shoe presumably modulated somatosensory inputs. It is important to understand the underlying mechanisms by which textured insoles influence postural sway. As such, utilising a healthy adult group allows us to investigate possible mechanisms of textured insoles. Future research could investigate the potential underlying mechanisms of textured insole effects at a neuromuscular and cortical level, in healthy young adults.
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