Anette Thompson

Anette Thompson
Podiatry lecturer & Consultant to footwear industry
 
University of Johannesburg/Footwear Consultancy Practice
South Africa
Email: anette.thompson@iafrica.com
 
General Area:
Anthropometry's role to improve fit metric of footwear to feet (specifically for South African population); gender dimorphism, developmental foot anthropometry, effect on childhood foot development of wearing shoes too soon; materials density, flex and rebound properties to facilitate natural ranges of motion, last design, modelling
 
Current Work:
Pedal axial geometry investigations on South African population samples; relevance and application in footwear design