Abstract
Suitability determination of any product designed for specific types of consumers is possible through the effective use of anthropometric information. This study assessed anthropometric data utilization in footwear designs and patterns as an indicator of fitness and comfort in footwear production. The data collected for analysis were the length and the breadth dimensions of footwear design pattern from eighteen footwear cottage shops and the foot anthropometric parameter from a total of four hundred and thirty-three (433) (males (226) and females (207)) subjects. The instrumentation design for the data collection was a digital vernier caliper (model Mitutoyo 500-506-10). The analysis of the foot anthropometry dimension and the design footwear pattern data obtained showed a lack of bilateral symmetry for the male and female gender. The fitness and comfortable foot support function of the footwear analyzed using a paired samples t-test between the footwear design pattern dimensions, and the foot anthropometric parameters disclosed p > 0.05 in all cases – not significant. This study concluded that tailoring a product design to the users’ population reduces the mismatch challenges, grants fitness, and comfort to the users.
Highlights
Footwear production, either hand-crafted or produced through the use of high-end machines, follows a sequential and progressive process route, starting with the dimension
This study observed a lack of bilateral symmetry in both the foot anthropometry dimension of the participants for both the male and female gender
This study showed that the product design specific to a group of people helped in the achievement of footwear fitness and comfort
Summary
Either hand-crafted or produced through the use of high-end machines, follows a sequential and progressive process route, starting with the dimension. The measurement of the size and proportion of the foot parameters for footwear productions is called foot anthropometry. The physical feature of the human foot, in most cases, is the linear dimensions of the foot length and foot breadth [1]. The footwear fabrication in the cottage sector is with the use of simple tools. The local production in this sector serves the footwear need of a specific population, either on-demand or produced for sales. The basic fundamental in the design and construction of footwear involves quantitative analysis of the physical differences that exist in linear measurements of the foot for comfortable and functional foot support [1].
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