The cost of being on your toes

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Thu, 02/11/2010 - 23:00

(University of Utah) Humans, other great apes and bears are among the few animals that step first on the heel when walking, and then roll onto the ball of the foot and toes.

Now, a University of Utah study shows the advantage: Compared with heel-first walking, it takes 53 percent more energy to walk on the balls of your feet, and 83 percent more energy to walk on your toes.


 

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