Foot shape of older people: Implications for shoe design

Footwear Science

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 131-139

  Mickle, Karen Julie ^a   Munro, Bridget J ^a   Lord, Stephen R ^b   Menz, Hylton B ^c   Steele, Julie R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

3D scanning; Ageing; Foot morphology; Foot problems; Gender; Shoe design

Indexed keywords

3D-SCANNING; AGEING; FOOT PROBLEMS; GENDER; SHOE DESIGNS;

MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 79958293519     PISSN: 19424280     EISSN: 19424299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19424280.2010.487053     Document Type: Article

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