Effects of Wearing Ladies' Socks on Foot Morphology

Abstract

  Most of foot damages are considerd to be caused by wearing unfitted shoes. However, ladies socks may also strongly tighten the toe region. In the present study, morphological examination on toe tightening by socks was made. A foot print was taken on a silicon sheet set on Pidoscope. From the foot Print ; bending angles of each toe and distances between toes were determined.

  The results demonstrated that both the big toe and the little toe have been significantly bent to the inside by wearing socks and the distance between them has been shortened. Especially, this tendency was distinct when wearing support-type socks.