Slippery Weather

Better winter footwear is more important than ever under lockdown

With lack of many of our usual activities because of COVID, it’s even more important that ever that we try to keep as active as possible. But, that’s been more difficult over the past few days because of the icy weather. Many of us recognize the risk of slipping on ice could result in an injury that could also have serious negative health effects.

If you’re looking for the winter boots with good traction on ice, have a look at our website. The higher the MAA test score, the better it performed in a lab-based test our team recently developed. Our recent study  with 110 personal support workers showed that the best footwear for women we found using the MAA test was able to reduce the risk of falls by 80% in real-world use.

The video below gives a summary of this work: