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The Masai Barefoot Technique (MBT) shoes are commonly used in clinical studies, however, research effort to identify the benefits of the MBT shoes has been in little attention. Furthermore, evidences for the favorable use of the MBT shoes have been limited for foot pressure and electromyographic activities.
The purpose of this study was to examine whether there was the differences of plantar pressure, contact time, and stride length between MBT shoes and normal shoes. Convenient sample of 20 subjects (men: 10 and women: 10) was recruited for this study. And data for the plantar pressure, contact time, and stride length of subjects were collected by using treadmill gait analysis system. During measurement, the application of the MBT shoes or ordinary shoes was determined by randomly selection. There were significant differences in plantar pressure, contact time and stride length between the MBT shoes and ordinary shoes (p<0.05). These findings suggest that the MBT shoes may be beneficially used for foot management in clinical setting.