An investigation into whether a bare footprint alters in length and width after jumping from a fixed height

Bailey, R., Curran, M. and Vernon, W. (2017) An investigation into whether a bare footprint alters in length and width after jumping from a fixed height. Journal of Forensic Identification. 67(1) 0895-173X.

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Abstract:	The aim of this study was to evaluate whether there was a difference in the length and width between a standing static bare footprint and a bare footprint measured after jumping from a fixed height. This was undertaken using samples from 23 podiatry students. Initially, a static print was taken for each participant for both left and right feet. A jumping print was created for both left and right feet after each participant had jumped from a measured height of 48 cm. On both occasions, the participant stood on an inkless mat and then jumped onto reactive paper, creating a two-dimensional print. Gunn’s method was used to analyze each footprint, and the print was measured to see whether a difference existed between length and width of the two prints. For the left foot and the right foot, the results indicated there was a significant increase in length and width between a standing bare footprint and a footprint taken after jumping. There was a more significant increase in length of the left footprint than the right but more of a significant increase in the width of the right footprint than the left. The conclusion from this research was that there was a statistically significant difference in length and width between a static bare footprint and a footprint taken after jumping from a fixed height.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Forensic, podiatry, footprint
Creators:	Bailey, Rhianna, Curran, Mike and Vernon, Wesley
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:	Faculties > Faculty of Health & Society > Podiatry
Date:	3 January 2017
Date Type:	Publication
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Forensic Identification
Volume:	67
Number:	1
Language:	English
ISSN:	0895-173X
Status:	Published / Disseminated
Refereed:	Yes
Related URLs:	https://www.theiai.org/jfi/jfi_titles.ph... https://pure.northampton.ac.uk/en/public...
URI:	http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/9200

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