This project will explore the postural changes in stride that occur when wearing clown shoes as opposed to stocking feet. This is interesting because although people don't normally wear clown shoes, clown shoes are similar to the current fashion shoe choice. Both require postural alterations and adaptations to stride. (And clowns everywhere want to know &endash; there is a little clown in all of us). Changes in posture and stride may cause muscle strain and low back pain, as well as potential slip and fall accidents from tripping.
Sarah Grow
sgrow@umich.eduJodie Rosenberg
jrosenb@umich.eduMegan Sellenraad
msellenr@umich.eduProfessor Melissa Gross - mgross@umich.edu
The University of Michigan, Division of KinesiologySeptember, 1996
©1996 Melissa Gross