A qualitative study on the comfort and fit of ladies' dress shoes

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 687-696

  Au, Emily Yim Lee ^a   Goonetilleke, Ravindra S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Comfort; Fit; Footwear; Perception

Indexed keywords

PRODUCT DESIGN; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

AESTHETICS; FOOTWEARS; OLFACTORY SENSATIONS;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COLOR; CONSUMER; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOOT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; PAIN; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SHOE; TEMPERATURE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING;

EID: 34347346006     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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