A new approach to children's footwear based on foot type classification

Ergonomics

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 999-1008

  Mauch, M ^a   Grau, S ^b   Krauss, I ^b   Maiwald, C ^c   Horstmann, T ^d  

^a Crossklinik   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Medical Park Bad Wiessee GmbH and Co   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Foot morphology; Foot types; Footwear; Shoes

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN; FOOT MORPHOLOGY; FOOT TYPES; FOOTWEAR; SHOES;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOOT; FOREFOOT; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SHOE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOOT; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; SHOES;

EID: 69349083621     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130902803549     Document Type: Article

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