| Keywords |
Boot lace ; In-shoe pressure ; Snow board |
| Abstract |
To investigate the effect of three different tyoes of snow board boot lace pattern which were traditional(A), dial(B), pulley(C) system, respectively, on the wearing time, the balance abilility, and the in-shoe tibia pressure, various biomechanical tests were performed with ten college recreational snow boarders. Although boot A required longer time to tighten to foot than other boots, that lace type provided better both static and dynamic balance, and tighter fitting between boot and tibia that might be related to greater force transfer from body to snow board. It can be concluded that the original function of lace which provide well-fitting to feet should be more empathized than convenience to design snowboard boot lace system, because snowboard is high injury potential sport. |