As controversy still exist with the hottest topic among sports experts despite many claims have been made by researchers across the world regarding the health benefits of barefoot compared to shod running. Up to date there is no study that has explored the difference exists in proprioception sense between barefoot to wearing running shoes in static condition. This study was aimed exclusively to explore whether proprioceptive deficit is present in runners wearing shoes. Hypothesis was whether wearing shoe can interfere with sensory feedback eventually affecting balance led to injuries in runners. Simple static flamingo balance test used to analyse balance deficit demonstrated by runners while wearing shoes. Wilcoxon signed rank test of significance was used to find the group difference between shoe wearers and non shoe wearers in runners. The study results showed significant difference between the static balance measures when runners tested with wearing shoes compared to runners without shoe while eyes closed (p=<0.003 right foot,< 0.0001 left foot). Beside this proprioception error was lower in dominant leg than non-dominant leg but there were no significant difference. The aim of this study is to investigate whether static balance is compromised with running shoes or not in long distance runners.
