Ales Jurca

VP Footwear Research @volumental

[Ales Jurca @ajurca]

The color coding represents how well shoes would fit if lasts were uniformly scaled from a single sample size:
🟢 Green = perfect fit
🔵 Blue = loose fit
🔴 Red = tight fit
Does your shoe last grading account for the natural changes in children’s foot shape?

[Ales Jurca @ajurca]

Children’s feet change shape significantly as they grow. Small children’s feet are proportionally wider and higher compared to teenagers' feet.
This animation visualizes the average 3D foot shape across all children’s sizes, based on 10,000 foot scans per size.

[Ales Jurca @ajurca]

It’s been a great pleasure collaborating with Danish researchers and podiatrists on this study! Excited to share our findings, and there’s even more to come from the data we’ve collected. Stay tuned for future papers!

[Methods and Protocols @MPs_MDPI]

#mostview
💡Welcome to read the paper by Christian Wong et al. | #Protocol Article: A Cross-Sectional Evaluation of Children’s #Feet and Lower Extremities
👉https://t.co/Pygx1InS2y
#children #sports #pain #publichealth

[Ales Jurca @ajurca]

Curious about how data-driven insights can transform your footwear development? Connect with us to explore the possibilities! 🚀

[Ales Jurca @ajurca]

👟 Did you know that wearing footwear can actually change the shape of your feet?
Check out these fascinating foot scans from 'The Shoe Effect' study conducted in Sri Lanka, powered by Volumental!

[Ales Jurca @ajurca]

Footwear brands like adidas, Lululemon, On, Vivobarefoot, and Aldo are already leveraging our database of over 50 million 3D foot scans and our expertise to enhance the fit of their shoes. 📈💡

[Ales Jurca @ajurca]

It's exciting to be part of this transformation, where data intersects with design principles to redefine shoe development.

[Ales Jurca @ajurca]

Recently, I had the privilege of attending Prof. Benno Nigg's presentation at the The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences (GIH), where he was recognized as an Honorary Doctor.

[Ales Jurca @ajurca]

His talk, "Running Shoe Research Methods, Errors, and New Paradigms," shed light on crucial aspects of #footwearbiomechanics
During the Q&A, Prof. Nigg emphasized the need for advancements in footwear fit research—a sentiment aligned with my own work here at @Volumental

[Ales Jurca @ajurca]

@Volumental contributed to this study by providing a 3D foot scanner, and I analyzed the 3D foot scans

[Melker Svard @melkersvard]

We ran the largest ever study on MODERN SHOES👟 effect on FEET🦶🏻

Here's what we found during our month in Sri Lanka (pictured below with the Veddah people)

Welcome to 'The Shoe Effect'

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[Ales Jurca @ajurca]

For him, our research findings confirm why brands must make multiple widths in all core styles… a single shoe width cannot accommodate the diverse foot shapes of individuals with the same shoe size.

[Ales Jurca @ajurca]

The Development Director of one of the world's iconic footwear brands just told me that he refers to our 2019 study, published in Nature - Scientific Reports, as his "foot bible" and he ensures that everyone on his development team reads it.
https://t.co/8nrQ27T8F6

[Ales Jurca @ajurca]

If analysis yields unexpected results, visualizing the data is a great first step towards understanding why

[Ales Jurca @ajurca]

Asia & China Footwear Summit 2024 in Shanghai

[Ales Jurca @ajurca]

Articles like this give me motivation to keep researching
https://t.co/NjEbNcQZIi

[Ales Jurca @ajurca]

Our conference paper has been published in Footwear Science.
I will be presenting the paper at the Footwear Biomechanics Symposium in Osaka on June 26-28
Feel free to DM me if you would like to get access to the paper.
https://t.co/YL4lISF2kR

[Ales Jurca @ajurca]

I'm fortunate to be using the World's largest database of 3D foot scans for our research. The dataset enables us to study foot shapes and footwear fit parameters at the level that was not possible before.
https://t.co/0mQsTv8plJ via @Yahoo