Our Shoe Review Committee of the Academy is hard at work evaluating many different brands and types of shoes. We will be adding other manufacturer’s shoes as we receive them and evaluate them. If you are a shoe manufacturer and would like to send us shoes for evaluation please contact info@aapsm.org.

Brooks

Brooks Cascadia – Total 20M/SC (Neutral / Cushioned Shoe)
Brooks Infiniti – Total 20M/SC (Neutral / Cushioned Shoe)
Brooks Glycerin – Total 20W/SC (Neutral / Cushioned Shoe)
Brooks Adrenaline GTS 7 – Total 50W/SC (Moderate Motion Control)
Brooks Adrenaline ASR – Total 50W/SC (Moderate Motion Control)
Brooks Addiction 7 – Total 55W/S (Moderate Motion Control)
Brooks Beast/Ariel – Total 75W/SC (Maximum Motion Control)
Brooks Axiom 2 – Total 20W/SC (Neutral or Cushioned Shoe)
Brooks Dyad 4 – Total 30W/SC (Mild Motion Control / Stability Shoe)

New Balance

New Balance 926 – Total 55W/SC (Moderate MC)
New Balance 901 – Total 50W/SC (Moderate MC)
New Balance 811 – Total 30W/SC (Minimum MC)
New Balance 844 – Total 45W/SC (Moderate MC)
New Balance 1122 – Total 50W/SC (Moderate MC)
New Balance 768 – Total 25W/SC (Neutral / Cushioned)
New Balance 1010 – Total 65W/S(Maximum MC)
New Balance 858 – Total 50W/SC (Moderate MC)
New Balance 1061 – Total 25W/SC (Neutral/Cushioned)
New Balance 882 – Total 30W/S (Minimum MC)
New Balance 1222 – Total 50W/S (Moderate MC)

Saucony

Saucony ProGrid Omni 6 – Total 45W/SC (Moderate / Mild Motion Control Shoe)
Saucony ProGrid Triumph 4 – Total 20M/SC (Neutral or Cushioned Shoe)
Saucony ProGrid Trigon 4 Guide – Total 40W/SC (Mild Motion Control Shoe)
Saucony ProGrid Hurricane 9 – Total 45W/SC
(Moderate / Mild Motion Control Shoe)
Saucony ProGrid GuideM/SC – Total 20W/SC (Cushioned Shoe)
Saucony ProGrid Triumph 5 – Total 5-20W/SC (Cushioned Shoe)
Saucony ProGrid Hurricane 10 – Total 45-40W/SC (Minimal Motion Control Shoe)
Saucony ProGrid Omni 6 – Total 45W/SC (Moderate / Mild Motion Control Shoe)
Saucony ProGrid Triumph 4 – Total 20M/SC (Cushioned Shoe)
Saucony ProGrid Trigon 4 Guide – Total 40W/SC (Mild Motion Control Shoe)
Saucony Trigon5 Guide – Total 20W/SC (Cushioned Shoe)
Saucony ProGrid Hurricane 9 – Total 45W/SC
(Moderate / Mild Motion Control Shoe)

W = Muliple widths
M = One width
C = Curved
SC = Semicurved
S = Straight

Torsional and Flexion Stability are desirable features to assist in protection from the adverse impact of excessive pronation and to help those individuals with plantar fasciitis. Lateral stability is also desired to lessen the possibility of ankle sprains.

The current commonly used terms of stability and motion control are poorly chosen and inappropriately used. The way these terms are used in shoe descriptions does not reflect biomechanical function and are confusing and potentially misleading. We choose to define shoes function in degrees of protection from over pronation (which is a form of stability and motion limitation) using the term "pronation control". This method is used rather than creating confusion by the use of two similar terms taken to mean something different than they should. Many of the shoes we rate as offering mild pronation control are often categroized as "netutral" shoes.

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• Adidas
• Asics
• Avia
• Bite Shoes/Sandals
• Brooks
• Etonic
• Keds
• Mizuno
• Montrail
• New Balance
• Nike
• North Face
• Reebok
• Saucony
• Teva Sandals

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