The Quality of Footwear Fit: What we know, don't know and should know

Ravindra S. Goonetilleke; Ameersing Luximon; Kwok L. Tsui

The Quality of Footwear Fit: What we know, don't know and should know

Ravindra S. Goonetilleke, Ameersing Luximon, Kwok L. Tsui

Management Science & Engineering

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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Abstract

Even though fit ranks as one of the most important considerations in the purchase of a shoe, the quality of fit has no metric and is hence poorly assessed. Manufacturers, retailers, and customers tend to use trial and error techniques to improve footwear fit. This approach is rather cumbersome and very unscientific. In this paper, we present a methodology to assess and thereby quantify footwear fit so that comfort can be predicted and consequently improved lasts and shoes can be produced that match different shapes of feet.

Original language	British English
Pages	515-518
Number of pages	4
State	Published - 2000
Event	Proceedings of the XIVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and 44th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Association, 'Ergonomics for the New Millennnium' - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: 29 Jul 2000 → 4 Aug 2000

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Conference	Proceedings of the XIVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and 44th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Association, 'Ergonomics for the New Millennnium'
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	29/07/00 → 4/08/00

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Goonetilleke, R. S., Luximon, A., & Tsui, K. L. (2000). The Quality of Footwear Fit: What we know, don't know and should know. 515-518. Paper presented at Proceedings of the XIVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and 44th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Association, 'Ergonomics for the New Millennnium', San Diego, CA, United States.

Goonetilleke, Ravindra S. ; Luximon, Ameersing ; Tsui, Kwok L. / The Quality of Footwear Fit : What we know, don't know and should know. Paper presented at Proceedings of the XIVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and 44th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Association, 'Ergonomics for the New Millennnium', San Diego, CA, United States.4 p.

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