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Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association, Vol 83, Issue 9 515-522, Copyright © 1993 by American Podiatric Medical Association

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Comparison of cotton and acrylic socks using a generic cushion sole design for runners

KM Herring and DH Richie
Department of Surgery, Valley Hospital and Medical Center, Spokane, WA 99206.

A longitudinal single-blind study was conducted to test the friction blister prevention properties of synthetic acrylic socks in a generic construction. This study serves as a comparison with the authors' previous work comparing acrylic and cotton socks in a patented padded construction. Twenty-seven long-distance runners provided data regarding dampness, temperature, friction blister incidence, severity, and size. Two different socks were tested; each was identical in every aspect of construction except the fiber content. One test sock was composed of 100% synthetic acrylic fibers, and the other was composed of 100% natural cotton fibers. These results were unsuccessful at demonstrating any superiority of cotton or acrylic fibers when knitting produced a generic "cushion sole" sock. The superiority of acrylic fibers has thus far been demonstrated only when sock knitting provides adequate anatomical padding [corrected].


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