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How shoes affect your knees

(HealthDayNews) -- If you're a woman who likes to wear high heels, do you ever wonder why your knees hurt?

Scientists at Boston's Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital studied 20 women who wore heels at least two inches high. The study found that the heels increased the torque (the force from twisting) at the knee.

The height of the heels strained the joint between the back of the kneecap and the lower thigh bone, the scientists found. The shoes also bent the lower leg inward and strained the inner side of the knee.

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