Footwear microclimate and its effects on the microbial community of the plantar skin.

ABSTRACT: The association between the footwear microclimate and microbial community on the foot plantar skin was investigated by experiments with three participants. Novel methods were developed for measuring in-shoe temperature and humidity at five footwear regions, as well as the overall ventilation rate inside the footwear. Three types of footwear were tested including casual shoes, running shoes, and perforated shoes for pairwise comparison of footwear microclimate and corresponding microbial community on the skin. The major findings are as follows: (1) footwear types make a significant difference to in-shoe temperature at the instep region with the casual shoes sustaining the warmest of all types; (2) significant differences were observed in local internal absolute humidity between footwear typ

SUBMITTER: Miao T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8514438 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature