Do the feet of German and Australian children differ in structure? Implications for children's shoe design

Ergonomics

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 527-539

  Mauch, Marlene ^a   Mickle, Karen J ^b   Munro, Bridget J ^b   Dowling, Annaliese M ^b   Grau, Stefan ^a   Steele, Julie R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Foot morphology; Footwear; Shoes

Indexed keywords

PHYSIOLOGY; PRODUCT DESIGN; SHOE MANUFACTURE; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

FOOT MORPHOLOGY; SHOE DESIGN;

ERGONOMICS;

AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOOT; GENDER; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RACE; SHOE;

AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES AS TOPIC; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOOT; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SHOES;

EID: 41349096456     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130701660520     Document Type: Article

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