High heels may be fashionable, but in most cases they're a menace to equilibrium, according to results of tests made on a group of Boston University women students, and both feet on the ground. The "sway" was more pronounced when the eyes were closed. It was even more marked when standing on one foot with the eyes open. And poorest equilibrium was recorded when the subject stood only on one foot with the eyes closed.
The results also showed that the tallest girls had the best static equilibrim, followed respectively by the heaviest girls, the lightest and finally the shortest.
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