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Table 2 Outcome measures for all three measurement methods

From: How to measure children’s feet: 3D foot scanning compared with established 2D manual or digital methods

Dimensions

Outcomes

(cm)

Definitions

 

Methods

Manual foot measurement

2D foot scan

3D foot scan

Length

Foot length, FL

The direct distance from maximum heel point to the

most anterior point of the longest toe (first or second).

 

X

X

X

Width

Projected foot width, FW_P

The maximum horizontal forefoot distance between metatarsal tibial to metatarsal fibular

 

X

X

 

Anatomic foot width, FW_A

The maximum diagonal distance between metatarsal tibial to metatarsal fibular measured at XX

Fig. 2

 

X

X

(technical) Instep width

(at 50% foot length), FW_50

The maximum horizontal distance between metatarsal tibial to metatarsal fibular measured at 50% foot length

Fig. 2

 

X

X

(technical) Heel width

(at 20% foot length), HW

The maximum width straight from the medial to the lateral side measured at 20% foot length

Fig. 2

 

X

X

breadth

Anatomical foot ball breadth, FB

The breadth measured around the big toe joint and the small toe joint.

Fig. 1B/2

X

 

X