The Changes of Foot Breadth and Ball Girth According to the Height of Shoes Heel.

, Park, Ro Cheon; , Chung, Jae Soon; , Kim, Young Jin; , Park, Si Bog

Original Article

Journal of the Korean Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine 2002;26(6):785-789.

Park, Ro Cheon , Chung, Jae Soon , Kim, Young Jin , Park, Si Bog

¹Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hanyang University College of Medicine, Korea. sibopark@hanyang.ac.kr
²Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kongju National University, Korea.

신발 굽 높이에 따른 볼 너비 및 볼 둘레의 변화

박노천·정제순·김용진¹·박시복

한양대학교 의과대학 재활의학교실, ¹공주대학교 공과대학 생산기술연구소

Abstract

Objective
The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes of foot breadth and ball girth according to the height of shoes heel in the people without foot problems.
Method
480 subjects were evaluated with clinical examination, foot length, foot breadth and ball girth of right foot with and without shoes heel. The examination without shoes heel was performed without weight bearing. The examination with shoes heel was performed with weight bearing. 20 mm, 25 mm and 30 mm shoes heel were used for men, respectively. 30 mm, 40 mm and 60 mm shoes heel were used for women, respectively.
Results
There was significant increment in foot breadth and ball girth in the case with weight bearing, and significant increment in foot breadth and ball girth in the case of using higher shoes heel. But in women, foot breadth and ball girth using 60 mm shoes was shorter than that using 40 mm shoes.
Conclusion
The breadth and the ball girth of the shoes according to the height of shoes heel should be considered to make more practical shoes. (J Korean Acad Rehab Med 2002; 26: 785-789)

Key Words: Foot breadth, Ball girth, Shoes hoof, Weight bearing