COMPARING 3D FOOT SHAPE MODELS BETWEEN TAIWANESE AND JAPANESE FEMALES

This study compares foot shape and foot dimensions between Taiwanese and Japanese females. One hundred Taiwanese and 100 Japanese female 3D foot scanning data were used for comparison. To avoid the allometry effect, data from 23 Taiwanese and 19 Japanese with foot length between 233 to 237 mm were u...

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Published inJournal of human ergology Vol. 44; no. 1; p. 11
Main Authors Lee, Yu-Chi, Kouchi, Makiko, Mochimaru, Masaaki, Wang, Mao-Jiun
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Japan 2015
Subjects
Adult
Anthropometry
Female
Foot - anatomy & histology
Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Japan - epidemiology
Multivariate Analysis
Shoes
Taiwan - epidemiology
Young Adult
Japan
Taiwan
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Summary:This study compares foot shape and foot dimensions between Taiwanese and Japanese females. One hundred Taiwanese and 100 Japanese female 3D foot scanning data were used for comparison. To avoid the allometry effect, data from 23 Taiwanese and 19 Japanese with foot length between 233 to 237 mm were used for shape comparison. Homologous models created for the right feet of the 42 subjects were analyzed by Multidimensional Scaling. The results showed that there were significant differences in the forefoot shape between the two groups, and Taiwanese females had slightly wider feet with straighter big toe than Japanese females. The results of body and foot dimension comparison indicated that Taiwanese females were taller, heavier and had larger feet than Japanese females, while Japanese females had significantly larger toe 1 angle. Since some Taiwanese shoemakers adopt the Japanese shoe sizing system for making shoes, appropriateness of the shoe sizing system was also discussed. The present results provide very useful information for improving shoe last design and footwear fit for Taiwanese females.
ISSN:0300-8134
DOI:10.11183/jhe.44.1_11