Habitually wearing high heels may improve user walking economy in any footwear.
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DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00016.2024
Abstract: The habitual use of high-heeled footwear may structurally remodel user leg muscle-tendons, thereby altering their functional capabilities. High heels set users' ankles in relatively plantarflexed positions, causing calf muscle-tendons to operate at relatively short lengths.… read more here.
Keywords: flat soled; muscle; walking economy; soled footwear ... See more keywords
The 2016 HIGh Heels: Health effects And psychosexual BenefITS (HIGH HABITS) study: systematic review of reviews and additional primary studies
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DOI: 10.1186/s12889-017-4573-4
Abstract: BackgroundHigh-heeled shoes (high heels) are frequently worn by many women and form an important part of female gender identity. Issues of explicit and implicit compulsion to wear high heels have been noted. Previous studies and… read more here.
Keywords: psychosexual benefits; evidence; high heels; review ... See more keywords
Is wearing high heels a female mating strategy? Revisiting the original study using qualitative methods
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.938916
Abstract: The 2020 study entitled ‘Wearing high heels as female mating strategy’ by Pavol Prokop and Jana Švancárová claimed that when females imagined an interaction with an attractive male, their preference for high heels steeply increased,… read more here.
Keywords: heels female; original study; wearing high; high heels ... See more keywords