Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0883915

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0883915

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

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

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-06-2009

End Date: 31-12-2013

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $264,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Mechanical Engineering | Biomechanics | Human Movement and Sports Science | Community Child Health

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Footwear | Child health |

Other Keywords

Biomechanics | Child health | Community Child Health | Footwear | Human Movement and Sports Science | Mechanical Engineering

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