title: Foot anthropometry and morphology phenomena.
abstract: Foot structure description is important for many reasons. The foot anthropometric morphology phenomena are analyzed together with hidden biomechanical functionality in order to fully characterize foot structure and function. For younger Croatian population the scatter data of the individual foot variables were interpolated by multivariate statistics. Foot structure descriptors are influenced by many factors, as a style of life, race, climate, and things of the great importance in human society. Dominant descriptors are determined by principal component analysis. Some practical recommendation and conclusion for medical, sportswear and footwear practice are highlighted.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia. aagic@marie.fkit.hr
authors.forename: Ante
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agić
authors.forename: Vasilije
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Nikolić
authors.forename: Budimir
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mijović
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000886:Anthropometry; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005528:Foot / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012775:Shoes