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Foot Classification for Manufacturing of Comfortable Shoes  

Leem, Young-Moon (Kangnung National University, Industrial & Systems Engineering)
Bang, Hey-Kyong (Sungshin Women's University, Clothing and Textiles)
Shin, Kyoung-Jin (Kangnung National University, Industrial & Systems Engineering)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Safety / v.22, no.6, 2007 , pp. 81-86 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to provide foot classification on 30 generation young men and women by factor analysis and cluster analysis. The sample for this work was chosen from data which were collected and measured by Size Korea during two years($2003{\sim}2004$). In order to analyze and compare features of the foot of men and women, analysis was performed about 871 subjects(male: 422, female: 449) on 24 body parts including height, width, thickness, circumference, length and angle. According to the result of factor analysis about measured data, there were seven factors and six factors for men and women respectively. After cluster analysis, data for men and women were commonly divided by three types for utilization of research results. Type 1 and type 3 had wide distribution about men. Type 2 had wide distribution about women. The results of this study can be applied in manufacturing and design of comfortable shoes and socks.
Keywords
Size Korea; foot type; comfortable shoes; cluster analysis; foot classification;
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