Flat shoes increase neurogenesis. (December 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Flensmark, J.
• Is Part Of: Medical hypotheses. Volume 97(2016)
• Page Start: 112
• Page End: 113
• Publication Date: 2016-12
• Subjects: Medicine -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Médecine -- Périodiques; Medicine; Periodicals; 610
• DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2016.10.004
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0306-9877

Abstract

Abstract: The impairment of the horizontal is caused by elevation of the heel of the foot from the ground. Receptors in the soles of the feet provide a mapping of body orientation to the upright, and is identical to Mittelstaedt's idiotropic tendency. Initiation of gait wearing flat shoes without elevation of the heel is sufficient to change to a truthful horizontal. Using flat shoes increases neurogenesis and leads to a decreased frequency of diseases of the nervous system.