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Keeping Balance with Vibrating Shoes

Posted by michael on from the let's-get-ready-to-rumba dept.

DrLudicrous writes "The NYTimes (free registration) is running an article that summerizes a forthcoming Physical Review Letters article. The article is about how low amplitude vibrations can help a person better sense when they are off balance. The authors write that they improved the balance of senior citizens by using small vibrations in the floor, making their sense of balance like that of a 25 year old. Apparently, this background noise helps to stimulate the neurons in the feet, making them more susceptible to detecting imbalances."

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  1. Re:Bass by Breakfast+Pants · · Score: 0, Troll

    not with all the banana picking they do! And for heaven's sake the cheese! Mod me funny too! I am funny too!

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    WHO ATE MY BREAKFAST PANTS?
  2. Depends... by malarkey · · Score: 0, Troll

    If we give old women vibrating panties, will they stop wetting themselves????

    Sometimes my thoughts scare me, too.