Foot-down not ground-up: moving from splint to natural models for children's shoe design

我们将通过对标准的学校鞋、定制的足部弯曲鞋、赤脚和大学研究人员开发的一种新的学校鞋设计概念进行严格的实验比较，来提供儿童鞋对他们肌肉骨骼发育的影响的急需的知识。这一创新将使巴塔澳大利亚成为第一家采用循证鞋类设计的制造商，并将成为该公司在该领域提供全球领先地位的机会。我们的进展将告知卫生专业人员、制造商和父母改善澳大利亚年轻人肌肉骨骼健康的任务。

We will provide much-needed knowledge of the impact of children's footwear on their musculoskeletal development, by conducting rigorous experimental comparisons of a standard school shoe, a custom-built 'midfoot flexing' shoe, bare feet, and a new school shoe design concept developed by university researchers to enhance rather than disrupt natural foot function. The innovation will make Bata Australia the first manufacturer to embrace evidence-based shoe design, and will be an opportunity for the Company to provide global leadership in the field. Our advances will inform health professionals, manufacturers and parents in the task of improving the musculoskeletal health of young Australians.