The long-term effects of wearing moderate minimalist shoes on a child’s foot strength, muscle structure and balance: A randomised controlled trial

Quinlan, Shayan; Sinclair, Peter J.; Hunt, Adrienne; Yan, Alycia Fong

doi:10.1016/j.gaitpost.2021.12.009

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“…significant changes in their ultrasound measures of muscle CSA for ABH and FDB, but still had small-moderate effect sizes in their ABH and FDB muscles [35].…”

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confidence: 94%

“…All 9 articles were assessed with the PEDro scale. Six of the studies were considered good with PEDro scores ranging from 6-7 [1,14,16,17,31,35], and 3 studies were considered fair with PEDro scores ranging from 4-5 [30,36].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…All rights reserved. Studies that utilized ultrasound imaging to assess muscle thickness or CSA provided their protocols in their respective papers [14,31,32,35,35,36], including the precise scanning technique and the use of multiple examiners or blinded sonographers.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Although safety for symptomatic populations needs to be even further assessed, the use of minimalist shoes could be viewed as a protective factor when it comes to reducing or preventing future injuries in healthy populations. Children may also benefit from wearing minimalist shoes to improve their strength and balance [35]. More research is needed to understand if IFM exercises will effectively manage foot disorders such as plantar fasciitis or if increased muscle size or strength will potentially prevent future injuries [43].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…studies relied on participants completing training logs with time or distance spent running, which cannot guarantee a level of honesty or effort, and is made difficult given that step lengths and frequencies are highly variable Quinlan et al (2022). asked parents to complete weekly surveys to monitor their shoe-wearing[35], but it was unknown what the children would do at school.…”

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The Effects of Minimalist Shoes on Plantar Intrinsic Foot Muscle Size and Strength: A Systematic Review

Saliba

Jaffri

2022

Int J Sports Med

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Minimalist shoes are proposed to prevent injury and enhance performance by strengthening intrinsic foot muscles, yet there is little consensus on the effectiveness of minimalist shoes in increasing their strength or size. This systematic review assesses using minimalist shoes as an intervention on changes in plantar intrinsic foot muscle size and strength. PubMed, CINHAL, Scopus, and SPORT Discus were systematically searched for articles between January 2000 to March 2022. Studies were included if they had an intervention of at least 2 weeks with a control group and examined the effect of minimalist shoes on plantar intrinsic foot strength or size (either volume, or cross-sectional area, or thickness). 9 studies were included. There were significant increases and percent changes in foot muscle strength, volume, cross-sectional area, and thickness. Strength increased between 9%-57%, and size increased between 7.05%-10.6%. Minimalist shoes may effectively increase intrinsic foot muscle size and strength in healthy individuals, and they may also be more convenient than implementing time-intensive physical therapy programs. Future research is needed to explore using minimalist shoes as an intervention for clinical populations who would benefit from increased IFM strength and function. It will also be vital to improve upon IFM assessment methods.

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“…significant changes in their ultrasound measures of muscle CSA for ABH and FDB, but still had small-moderate effect sizes in their ABH and FDB muscles [35].…”

Section: Accepted Manuscriptmentioning

confidence: 94%