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Comment by cperciva

9 years ago

And also with humans! Vibrating insoles can make the elderly less prone to falls, because adding noise can bring the signal of differential pressures on parts of the foot high enough for them to feel that they're off-balance before they're unable to recover.

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merqurio  9 years ago

It might even help on maintaining your bones healthy ! [1]

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27145947

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