Open AccessRelationship between footwear comfort of shoe inserts and anthropometric and sensory factors
Author(s) -
Annegret Mündermann,
Darren J. Stefanyshyn,
Benno M. Nigg
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1097/00005768-200111000-00021
Subject(s) - forefoot , heel , foot (prosody) , orthodontics , anthropometry , population , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , surgery , anatomy , linguistics , philosophy , environmental health , complication
The purposes of this study were (a) to determine lower extremity anthropometric and sensory factors that are related to differences in comfort perception of shoe inserts with varying shape and material and (b) to investigate whether shoe inserts that improve comfort decrease injury frequency in a military population.