Modelling foot height and foot shape-related dimensions

Ergonomics

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1272-1289

  Xiong, Shuping ^a   Goonetilleke, Ravindra ^a   Witana, Channa ^a   Lee Au, Emily ^a  

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

Author keywords

Allometry; Anatomy; Anthropometry; Foot; Footwear fit; Midfoot; Midfoot height; Modelling

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STATISTICS;

FOOT HEIGHTS; FOOT SHAPE; HONG KONG CHINESE; NORMALISATION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ADULT; ALLOMETRY; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHINESE; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FOOT HEIGHT; FOOT SHAPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OSTEOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHOE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SHOES;

EID: 48249158328     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130801996147     Document Type: Article

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