Original scientific paper
Geometric morphometrics in the analysis of bilateral feet symmetry
Jacqueline Domjanić
; Faculty of Textile Technology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
For design and production of functional and comfortable shoes the knowledge of the morphology of the feet is of vital importance. Development of the technology of 3D-scanning of human body and personal computers has enabled the application of the new methods of data analysis using the empirical and theoretical knowledge in anthropology, statistics as well as the clothing and footwear technology. The aim is to study bilateral symmetry of the complex human foot in selected student population of young girls using geometric morphometrics, which has become the main direction of research in the field of morphometrics in the last thirty years. Due to the application of the proposed methodology, this method compares body forms on the basis of the set points of anatomic characteristics. The paper examines anthropomorphic characteristics of the body and feet to enable graphical representation of composition of the feet for the selected pattern that may have wide application in practice. The results of research indicate that there is a variability of morphologic characteristics of feet and that the need of further study of variations in the shape and size of the feet is justified.
Keywords
human feet; 3D foot scanner; asymmetry; deformation
Hrčak ID:
166555
URI
Publication date:
30.9.2015.
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