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Table 4 Military footwear sizing preferences

From: Relationship of footwear comfort, selected size, and lower leg overuse injuries among infantry soldiers

 

Total (n = 66)

Subjects with prior OIa (n = 32)

Non-injured subjects (n = 34)

P valueb

Self-selected EUd shoe size, (SDc)

43 (1.5)

43.5 (1.6)

43 (1.4)

0.04

Measured EU shoe size, (SD)

43.6 (1.6)

43.9 (1.6)

43.4 (1.5)

< 0.01

Suitable shoe size usage, % (n)

42.4 (n = 28)

37.5 (n = 12)

47.1 (n = 16)

0.16

Inappropriate shoe size usage, % (n)

57.6 (n = 38)

62.5 (n = 20)

52.9 (n = 18)

  1. aOI – overuse injury. bChi-square test results; significant results are marked in bold. cStandard deviation (SD) is given in brackets
  2. dEU – European shoe size