Table 2.

Footwear applications in their common activities.

Common activity	Footwear	application
Gait	Forefoot lateral unstable shoes	strengthening the lower leg and improving ankle stability.
	Forefoot medial unstable shoes	enhancing both lower leg and thigh strength.
	Forefoot Neutral unstable shoes	focusing on lateral stability.
	Rear foot anterio-posterior unstable shoes	Boosting plantarflexion/dorsiflexion muscle activation
	Rearfoot medio-lateral unstable shoes	Enhancing ankle inversion/eversion muscle strength
	Off-loader shoes	Redistributing pressure for ulcer management; reducing forefoot load.
	High-heels	Increase a person's attractiveness by increasing lumbar lordosis.
	Specialized pregnancy footwear	improve comfort, spinal alignment, and hip flexion during pregnancy and postpartum recovery.
	Barefoot-inspired shoes	promotes a gait closer to the natural barefoot walking pattern
	Anti-pronation footwear	correcting excessive inward foot rolling by enhancing overall foot stability.
	Gender specific shoes	Improving knee abduction and ankle eversion in women, and hip flexion in men
	Running shoes	Improving gait by providing customers with a wide range of footwear options.
Squat	Weightlifting shoes	Improving weightlifting performance for novices and experienced lifters
Drop jump	Auxetic shoes	Reducing peak L5-S1 disc pressure to prevent low back injuries.
	Basketball shoes	Reducing foot injuries by choosing the optimum hardness; inadequate hardness may not benefit individuals.