As the most common type of evidence at crime scenes, footwear marks are found more often than fingerprints, and yet left largely unused due to lack of efficient and reliable tools. While the central task is stated simply – retrieve the closest matches among a database of known outsole prints – the difficulty is the poor quality of the marks and a very large and increasing number of outsole patt...

Moisture inside the footwear can considerably affect the thermal insulation. In this study with a thermal foot model there was simulated three sweat rates (3, 5 and 10 g/h). Five types of footwear with various insulation levels (dry insulation from 0.19 to 0.50 m2 · K/W) were tested. The footwear insulation reduction was calculated for 1.5 hour period. The reduction in insulation was related to...

OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness of different types of footwear insoles in the diabetic neuropathic foot. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A sample of 241 consecutive diabetic patients (158 men and 83 women, age 57.5 +/- 9.6 years [mean +/- SD], and mean duration of diabetes 12.3 +/- 7.2 years) attending the foot clinic with previous foot ulceration and those considered at high risk of foot ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the effectiveness of prefabricated foot orthoses to rocker-sole footwear in reducing foot pain in people with first metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint osteoarthritis (OA). METHODS Participants (n = 102) with first MTP joint OA were randomly allocated to receive individualized, prefabricated foot orthoses or rocker-sole footwear. The primary outcome measure was the pain subsc...

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Since footwear is commonly used every day, its influence on knee joint loading and thereby on the development and progression of osteoarthritis may be crucial. So far the influence of footwear has been examined only indirectly. The aim of this study was to directly measure the effect of footwear on tibiofemoral contact loads during walking. Instrumented knee implants with telemetric data transm...

A questionnaire survey of patient satisfaction with the provision of lower limb orthoses from a district general hospital was conducted. Lower limb orthoses included "made-to-measure" footwear, knee braces and ankle-foot-orthoses (AFO's). Prescriptions for footwear and AFO's during a one year period, and knee braces over a two year period were assessed. The survey did not confine itself to a si...

The use of physiological data from human tests in modelling should consider background data, such as activity, environmental factors and clothing insulation on the whole body. The present paper focuses on local thermal comfort of feet with special attention on the effects of physical changes of footwear thermal properties. An alternative test method is available for footwear thermal testing bes...

A footwear business is one of highly competitive markets. Footwear businesses must continuously improve three main key performance measures namely quality, cost and lead time. The case study is one of footwear businesses in Thailand. As customer demands are fragmented, the company needs to offer different products to serve customers’ satisfaction. Customer orders are then small quantities, but ...

BACKGROUND Foot problems are prevalent in older women and are thought to be associated with footwear. This study examined women's shoe wearing patterns over time and evaluated associations between footwear characteristics and foot pain and hallux valgus. METHODS Women aged 50-89 years (n = 2,627) completed a survey that included drawings of four toe-box shapes and four heel heights. For each ...