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Table 3 Results for all outcome measures for all three foot measurement methods (mean ± SD and analysis of variances) and differences between foot measurement methods for all outcome measures

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

Dimension

Outcomes

Methods

p-value*

Differences between methods

Manual foot measurement (mm)

2D Foot Scan (mm)

3D Foot Scan (mm)

Manual foot measurement vs. 2D (mm)

Manual foot measurement vs. 3D (mm)

2D vs. 3D (mm)

length

Foot length,

FL

201.4 ± 18.0

197.5 ± 17.4

203.7 ± 18.1

<0.0001

+3.9

-2.3

-6.2

width

Projected foot width,

FW_P

74.9 ± 6.0

76.3 ± 6.8

- -

<0.0001

-1.4

- -

- -

Anatomic foot width,

FW_A

- -

78.0 ± 6.8

80.7 ± 6.9

<0.0001

- -

- -

-2.7

(technical) Instep width

(at 50% foot length),

FW_50

- -

67.7 ± 6.0

68.6 ± 6.0

<0.0001

- -

- -

-0.9

(technical) Heel width

(at 20% foot length),

HW

- -

51.0 ± 4.6

53.5 ± 4.5

<0.0001

- -

- -

-2.5

breadth

Anatomical foot ball breadth, FB

200.2 ± 17.5

- -

197.0 ± 16.6

<0.0001

- -

+ 3.2

- -