The study of anthropometric dimensions of foot in students

Foot anthropometric dimensions could be useful in design of comfortable footwear. The objective of this study was the measurement of foot anthropometric dimensions in a group of students.
This study was a descriptive one in which 21 dimensions of foot for 580 men and women were measured manually. To measure the foot dimensions a digital caliper and a tape were used. The measured dimensions included the important lengths, widths, heights and girths of foot. Descriptive statistics such as percentiles, mean and standard deviation were calculated for the collected data. To test and survey of the mean of foot dimensions between men and women, statistics such as independent T-test and effect size (Cohen’s d) were used.
The values of mean, standard deviation, the 5th, 50th, and 95th percentiles were calculate and were tabulated for the total studied population and for gender. In the all measured foot dimensions, men had bigger dimensions than women. Gender had different impacts on the measured foot dimensions. The mean of all foot dimensions was significantly different between men and women (Pvalue=0.001). Digital pattering of I and II were observed in 78% and 22% of the studied population, respectively.
In the present study, important anthropometric data of foot were collected for a group of students. Presented percentiles could be used in design of male and female shoes. Conducting similar studies in children population with different age categories could help completion of the anthropometric database.