COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MALE AND FEMALE ADULT FOOT DEMOGRAPHIC DATA IN NIGERIA

Abstract

Anthropometric measurements form the bedrock for the design of products for consumers’ use, therefore, accurate knowledge of the different dimensions and the methods of measurements are key to obtaining veritable data. The evolving nature of the population has made it imperative for a regular up - to - date foot demographic data to be developed and established. As there is paucity of such data, this study seeks to cover this gaping hole. This study adopted the traditional measurement method which entailed the use of anthropometric instruments to manually take body measurements of four hundred (400) adult subjects comprising male (200) and female (200). The participants were within the age bracket of 18-55 years from University of Benin, Benin-City. Stratified random sampling technique was employed in selecting the subjects to be measured. Twenty seven foot anthropometric data were taken excluding age and weight. The resulting data were descriptively analyzed using SPSS version 16 and paired sample t-test. Result of the descriptive statistics gave the mean age, weight and height of the pooled sample of the population as; 26.47 ± 7.65 years, 63.40 ± 14.07kg and 170.52 ± 8.82cm respectively. The result also revealed that stature is significantly higher in males than in females. The results of the t-test showed that foot length and foot breadth of males differ significantly from those of the females (16.785 and P<0.001), (20.468 and P<0.001). The implication of this is that the foot demographic data established would aid the design of prosthesis and footwear for better functionality

Keywords

• Demographic data
• Foot Anthropometry
• Prosthesis
• Footwear
• Descriptive statistics

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