足部的健康程度會大幅影響我們的日常活動能力，而大多數人往往卻不會將其當一回事。直到足部出現問題後，才會了解其對我們的重要性。而根據過去的文獻顯示，我們可以得知具足弓支撐功能的鞋墊可以降低足部疼痛情形，並且適當地改善不良的足弓型態。
首先，為瞭解本實驗室開發之足弓支撐鞋墊對正常足、高弓足及扁平足三種足弓型態之族群其足底平均壓力與接觸面積的影響，故會先以一般鞋墊（無足弓支撐）與本實驗室開發之可調式足弓支撐鞋墊進行比較。再依據各足弓類型進行不同的足弓曲度強化與足弓曲度弱化實驗。因此，本研究可分成三個面向進行探討。其一為探討足弓支撐功能對各足弓族群之足底平均壓力與接觸面積之變化情形；其二為探討高弓足族群之足弓曲度強化與否，以了解各種足弓曲度強化條件間差異性值為何，並針對結果提出較合適之改善方案。其三為探討扁平足族群之足弓曲度弱化前後之差異，故根據使用足弓支撐鞋墊時，針對是否弱化足弓曲度之平均壓力與接觸面積進行探討。最終，將依據各足弓族群之情形提出相對應的改善方式。
根據本研究之結果可知，在正常足族群中使用足弓支撐鞋墊能顯著地降低其足部平均壓力，並增加其足底接觸面積。於高弓足族群中，在進行足弓曲度強化過後能夠顯著增加其足部與鞋墊的接觸程度，並根據黏貼曲度墊片的厚度不同與黏貼位置不同會帶來不一樣的影響。但由於每個高弓足其足弓隆起情形不盡相同，因此我們僅能瞭解此種調整方式能夠帶來改善，實際上需要再依據使用者的足弓情形進行調整。在扁平足的足弓曲度弱化實驗結果中，可發現足弓弱化能有效地發揮足弓支撐鞋墊的功能。同樣地，也僅能瞭解此種弱化方式是有效的。因此，在使用足弓支撐鞋墊時，應先了解使用者之足弓情形並為其調整，以將足弓支撐鞋墊發揮最大效益。

The health of our feet can dramatically affect our ability to perform daily activities, yet most people don't take it seriously. It is not until we have problems with our feet that we realize how important they are to us. Based on past literature, we know that arch support insoles can reduce foot pain and improve poor arch shape.
First of all, in order to understand the effect of the arch support insole developed by our lab on the average plantar pressure and contact area of the three arch types, normal feet, high arched feet and flat feet, a comparison was made between the normal insole (without arch support) and the adjustable arch support insole developed by our lab. Then, different arch curvature strengthening and arch curvature weakening experiments were conducted according to each arch type. Therefore, this study can be divided into three aspects. The first is to investigate the changes of arch support function on the average plantar pressure and contact area of each arch group; the second is to investigate whether the arch curvature of the high arch foot group was strengthened or not, in order to find out the differences between the various arch curvature strengthening conditions, and to propose a more appropriate improvement plan according to the results. Thirdly, to investigate the difference between the arch curvature weakened and weakened in the flat foot group, the average pressure and contact area of the arch curvature weakened or not were investigated according to the use of arch support insoles. In the end, we will propose a corresponding improvement method according to the situation of each arch group.
According to the results of this study, the use of arch support insoles significantly reduced the average foot pressure and increased the plantar contact area in the normal foot group. In the high-arched foot group, arch curvature enhancement significantly increased the contact area between the foot and the insole, with different effects depending on the thickness and location of the adhesive curvature pads. However, since every high arch foot has a different arch bulge, we can only understand that this type of adjustment can bring about improvement, but in reality, it needs to be adjusted according to the user's arch condition. In the experimental results of arch curvature reduction for flat feet, it can be found that arch reduction can effectively perform the function of arch support insoles. Similarly, it is only possible to understand the effectiveness of this type of arch reduction. Therefore, when using an arch support insole, it is important to understand the user's arch condition and adjust it to maximize the benefits of the arch support insole.

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