Musculoskeletal issues such as low back and neck pain as well as hip and knee osteoarthritis are often linked to obesity. Consequently, weight-loss is commonly recommended as a means to reduce the above mentioned musculoskeletal issues causing pain. The problem occurs when weight-bearing exercises as simple as walking places overwhelming loads on the lower limb joints.
In search of a solution to this dilemma, this study examined to see if they could find any observable differences in the walking gait pattern in obese individuals in shoes compared with those barefoot.