For design of early childhood children's footwear, this study was to analyze the properties of their foot. This study was performed in 200 male and 200 female early childhood children from 3 and 6 years old lived in Pusan urban area. There were measur...
For design of early childhood children's footwear, this study was to analyze the properties of their foot. This study was performed in 200 male and 200 female early childhood children from 3 and 6 years old lived in Pusan urban area. There were measured 17 items of the foot and calculated 4 indexs for analysis.
The result was as follows;
1. The growth rate differs from the sites of a foot. According to the growth of age, early childhood children's foot are more slender.
2. The average of foot print angle is 15∼27˚and it is flat. Among the age groups, the numbers of 4 kinds of foot print angle are different siginificantly.
3. The average of metatarso phalanx angle is 174∼178˚that is higher than adults'.
4. There are no significant difference between male children's foot and female childen's one except tarsal circumference and tarsal height. Tarsal part of male children is higher and ticker than female children's.
5. Because some of 3∼6 age groups belong to the one foot length group, we should consider the age properties of foot in order to design footwears. When the size of footwear is divided by only foot length, the ranges of another measurements are larger than the range of foot length.