Branthwaite Helen, Chockalingam Nachiappan, Greenhalgh Andrew, Chatzistergos Panagiotis
Centre for Sport, Health and Exercise Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, Staffordshire University, Leek Road, Stoke on Trent ST4 2DF, United Kingdom.
Centre for Sport, Health and Exercise Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, Staffordshire University, Leek Road, Stoke on Trent ST4 2DF, United Kingdom; London Sport Institute, School of Health and Social Science, Middlesex University, Hendon, London NW4 4BT, United Kingdom.
Foot (Edinb). 2014 Sep;24(3):116-22. doi: 10.1016/j.foot.2014.05.004. Epub 2014 Jun 2.
Uncomfortable shoes have been attributed to poor fit and the cause of foot pathologies. Assessing and evaluating comfort and fit have proven challenging due to the subjective nature. The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between footwear characteristics and perceived comfort.
Twenty-seven females assessed three different styles of ballet pump shoe for comfort using a comfort scale whilst walking along a 20 m walkway. The physical characteristics of the shoes and the progression of centre of pressure during walking were assessed.
There were significant physical differences between each style, square shoe being the shortest, widest and stiffest and round shoe having the least volume at the toe box. Centre of pressure progression angle was centralised to the longitudinal axis of the foot when wearing each of the three shoes compared to barefoot. Length, width and cantilever bending stiffness had no impact on perceived comfort.
Wearing snug fitting flexible soled round ballet flat pump is perceived to be the most comfortable of the shoe shapes tested producing a faster more efficient gait. Further investigations are required to assess impact/fit and upper material on perceived comfort to aid consumers with painful feet in purchasing shoes.
不合脚的鞋子被认为是导致脚部不适和足部病变的原因。由于其主观性，评估和评价舒适度与合脚性已被证明具有挑战性。本文旨在研究鞋类特征与感知舒适度之间的关系。
27名女性沿着一条20米的走道行走时，使用舒适度量表对三种不同款式的芭蕾舞平底鞋的舒适度进行评估。对鞋子的物理特征以及行走过程中压力中心的变化进行了评估。
每种款式之间存在显著的物理差异，方头鞋最短、最宽且最硬，而圆头鞋在鞋头部分的体积最小。与赤脚行走相比，穿着这三种鞋子时压力中心的前进角度都集中在足部的纵轴上。长度、宽度和悬臂弯曲刚度对感知舒适度没有影响。
在测试的鞋型中，穿着贴合、鞋底柔软的圆头芭蕾舞平底鞋被认为是最舒适的，能产生更快、更高效的步态。需要进一步研究来评估冲击/合脚性以及鞋面材料对感知舒适度的影响，以帮助脚部疼痛的消费者购买鞋子。
