OBTAINING FOOT ANTHROPOMETRICS WITH A 3 CAMERA FOOT IMAGE SYSTEM (FIS)

Foot anthropometrics and morphology has become increasingly more important from a scientific, clinical and commercial perspective. Especially as children’s feet develop very quickly and have distinct characteristics that are important for shoe comfort and foot development. The use of digitised 2D images to determine foot morphology is common in research and commercial use. This approach offers a cheaper method than laser scanning, radiography and is a convenient and time efficient method of collecting data [Luximon, 2005]. The purpose of the current study is to investigate the reliability of several foot measurements obtained from a digital photograph and from calliper measurements.