I am sorry but I have to completely disagree. The increased sensation of barefeet definately has an effect on the brains appreciation of those take-off pressures. This appears to have some type of influence on the "perceived" forces that were generated at take-off, which must later be required to be combined with the joint position sense during the landing phase. i.e. less force perception at take-off = less eccentric preparation on landing!

Anyone else with a comment?