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Title:
FOOTWEAR INSOLE AND FOOTWEAR FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING FLAT-FOOT, REDUCING WEIGHT AND/OR TRAINING PLANTAR MUSCLE OR ENHANCING LEG MUSCLE STRENGTH
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/059045
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided are a footwear insole and a footwear by which flat-foot can be prevented or treated, weight can be reduced and/or the plantar muscle can be trained or the leg muscle strength can be enhanced more efficiently. The footwear insole or footwear has such a structure as to positively induce movements of wearer's digits of foot, in particular, open-close (clasp/unclasp) movements of the digits of foot so as to repeatedly grasp the ground with the foot, thereby causing unconscious and spontaneous movements of the digits of foot while the wearer walks. The footwear insole is provided, at the toe side of a body (1), with a raised ridge (2) for placing the digits of foot thereon, on which the endphalanx of all of the digits of foot are placed when the wearer wears a footwear provided with the footwear insole therein and bends inward the distal interphalangeal joints, proximal interphalangeal joints and metacarpophalangeal joints of all of his/her first to fifth digits of foot.

Inventors:
NAKAMURA, Hidetomo (67 Asahimachi, Kurume-sh, Fukuoka 11, 〒8300011, JP)
Application Number:
JP2010/070167
Publication Date:
May 19, 2011
Filing Date:
November 12, 2010
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Assignee:
Kurume University (67 Asahimachi, Kurume-shi Fukuoka, 11, 〒8300011, JP)
学校法人久留米大学 (〒11 福岡県久留米市旭町67番地 Fukuoka, 〒8300011, JP)
International Classes:
A43B17/00; A43B7/22; A43B7/26; A43B13/14; A61F5/14
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KAJIHARA, Katsuhiko (18-55, Hiyoshi-machi Kurume-sh, Fukuoka 17, 〒8300017, JP)
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