Foot measurements from three-dimensional scans: A comparison and evaluation of different methods

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 789-807

  Witana, Channa P ^a   Xiong, Shuping ^a   Zhao, Jianhui ^a   Goonetilleke, Ravindra S ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body measurement; Foot measurement; Foot scan; Measurement error; Measurement reliability; Simulated measurement

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANTHROPOMETRY; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; SCANNING;

BODY MEASUREMENTS; FOOT MEASUREMENTS; FOOT SCANS; MEASUREMENT RELIABILITY; SIMULATED MEASUREMENTS;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CALCULATION; DATA ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOOT; HEEL; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHOE; SIMULATION; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TOE;

EID: 33748297525     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2006.06.004     Document Type: Article

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