New Basketball Shoe May Reduce Ankle Injuries

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HTML Ready <a href="http://anfu.putianb2b.com/"><strong>莆田安福相册</strong></a> Article. Click on the "Copy" button to copy into your clipboard. Infoklix | New Basketball Shoe May Reduce Ankle InjuriesNew Basketball Shoe May Reduce Ankle Injuries By: Dr Alireza Khosroabadi DPMNPR reports that a new design for basketball shoes may cut down on ankle injuries.No one pays to watch Kobe ride the pine, or to assess Kevin Durant's towel-waving skills, but that's what we've seen from these NBA stars because of foot and ankle injuries.Barry Katz, a former college basketball player, now radiologist, says he has developed a basketball shoe to reduce the ankle injuries players incur, "We're confident that we'll knock out 99 percent of ankle injuries."Katz is the inventor of the Ektio, a sturdy shoe that features a system of straps and dorsal protrusions called side rollers. It's an unquestionably serious sneaker, so Ektio sought to outfit serious players.Former New York Knicks guard John Starks is a part owner of Ektio and wishes this shoe had been around when he was wrapping his tender ankles in tape.Katz compares his basketball shoe to a familiar piece of sports equipment, "What we did <a href="http://www.putianb2b.com/"><strong>网站制作</strong></a> is, we created a very light ski boot, 15 to 16 ounces."However. Dr. Benno Nigg, founder of the Human Performance Laboratory at the University of Calgary, says the ski boot itself has been rethought. "In the old days, the ski boot's very, very, very soft and flexible. And then they made them safer and safer and with that, they reduced a number of ankle injuries, but increased the number of knee injuries."Dr. Nigg adds, "You want to have all the muscles that you have in your body involved in the whole process of the movement. A shoe that is very stiff and very rigid doesn't do that."Nigg is an undisputed expert in the field, but it should be disclosed that he's accepted funding from big shoe companies, including Adidas, throughout his career. He says that the studies Ektio has commissioned are insufficient to make any claims about injury reduction. He has worn the sneakers, however, and he says, "I thought it was a good feeling."Dr. Nigg says that proof of the shoe's effectiveness <a href="http://www.putianb2b.com/"><strong>莆田外贸之家</strong></a> would require a study that would be fairly costly for a small company like Ektio. On the other hand, if thousands of players wear Ektio sneakers on their own, that could provide important data.Of course, it's hard for a bit player to outfit thousands, absent a verifiable scientific claim. So as it stands, this small shoe company is hoping to get a break, no pun intended.No shoe can completely keep anyone safe from ankle and foot injuries. If <a href="http://blogcaw.com/blog.php?user=julio51g9l&blogentry_id=152698"><str ong>Cheap Prada Kids Shoes,Different Kinds Of Shoes Shopping from ...</strong></a> you, or someone you love, have suffered a foot and ankle injury, you need to see a foot doctor as soon as possible. Author Resource:->&nbsp;&nbsp;Please call 626-447-2184 (Arcadia) or 310-551-1711 (Century City) to speak to a foot doctor or go to footanklealliance.comArticle From Infoklix Firefox users please select/copy/paste as usual