'Wooden Shoe' Rather Wear Sneakers? VIDEO (VIDEO) University of Western Ontario This video is under embargo. Please login to access this video. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Caption Bio-archeologist Andrea Waters-Rist of Western University in London, Canada, along with researchers at Leiden University in the Netherlands, have found that a combination of wearing Dutch wooden shoes and a strenuous farming life caused bone chips in the feet of 19th-Century Dutch farmers. And, she says, it's a lesson for people who wear hard-soled, inflexible shoes today. Credit Video by Western University, London, Canada Usage Restrictions Credit Western University, London, Canada License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.