A consensus definition and rating scale for minimalist shoes

Table 3 Agreement of panel members (%) with suggested scales for rating each characteristic

	Round 3	Round 4
Subscales
Weight	86.8	---
Stack height	81.6	87.2
Heel to toe drop	89.5	---
Flexibility (longitudinal and torsional)	79.0	91.0
Motion control and stability technologies	73.7	---

Weight and heel to toe drop scales were not resubmitted to the panel during Round 4 because of high agreement rates obtained during Round 3. Motion control and stability technologies scale was not resubmitted because no suggestion was received from the panel during Round 3 so that it could be optimised

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