While holding a 3-foot-long cane behind my back, I walked the plank — wobbling along a narrow wooden platform in a pair of hot pink, 4-inch pumps that I’d dug out from the back of my closet hours ...

Anyone who’s ever wobbled around awkwardly in high heels may be surprised by the findings of a much-discussed biomechanics study of the footwear. In the study, young women and men who donned ...