Exeter Research - Footwear Consulting, Biomechanics Testing

E.C. "Ned" Frederick, Ph.D.
Exeter Research, Inc.
80 Haigh Road
Brentwood, NH 03833-6418 (USA)
603.772.1099 (office) 603.658-0210 (Fax)
nederick@exeter-research.com

site last updated 01/05/2004

Clients

adidas AG
adidas America, Inc.
Advanced Polymers Intl.
ASICS Tiger Corp.
Asolo SpA
Avia, Inc.
Converse, Inc.
Dr. Scholls
Easy Spirit
Edo Sports, Inc.
Fila Sport SpA
Fila USA, Inc.
Kiwi Brands, Inc.
KillerLoop
Li Ning Sports Goods
Lotto SpA
NEOS
New Balance
Nike, Inc.
Nordica SpA
Rollerblades, Inc.
Rossignol Ski Company
Rubatex Polymers
Sampson Sports, Inc.
Sims Trading Co.
Smartwool
Sole Technology, Inc.
Sorbothane, Inc.
Spenco Medical Corp.
Stride Rite Corp.
Timberland, Inc.
USA Natick Soldier Center
US Olympic Committee
US Biathlon Team
Vasque
Wally Research
Wilson SG, Inc

Exeter Research was founded in 1987 as a research and development consulting firm. We perform research, testing, product design and development, litigation support, and marketing support services for companies in the sports and fitness industry. A current focus of our efforts is the design, manufacture, and marketing of specialized test equipment for the athletic and casual footwear industries. Our current line of test equipment is listed below. Contact us directly for more information on our consulting services.

Test Equipment
In the course of providing services to our sports footwear clients, we have developed numerous special test instruments and custom software. We now offer three of those products for sale to the research community, to footwear and surface companies and independent laboratories.

CompITS - Computerized Impact Testing System

ImpPlus 3.0 now available!

S2T2 - Shoe and Surface Traction Tester: Portable

Shoe Flexer - Dynamic Shoe Flexibility Tester

Biomechanics Resources

Footwear-related links.

Research on Footwear Biomechanics - selected abstracts and an extensive bibliography. Particular attention is paid to papers incorporating impact, friction and/or flex test data
ShoeInfoNet - comprehensive links to everything to do with the shoe business. Excellent resource.

There are many excellent resources for biomechanics on the web. Here are a few of our favorite links:

Biomechanics WorldWide - A source for biomechanics information - but with many expired links.
Biomechanica - Martyn Shorten's biomechanics research, product development and analysis group.
International Society of Biomechanics - Global and multi-disciplinary biomechanics society.
International Society of Biomechanics in Sports - Sports-oriented biomechanics
ISB Technical Group on Footwear Biomechanics - Biomechanists focusing on the foot and footwear
ISB Footwear Biomechanics Downloads- download abstracts of papers on footwear biomechanics
Slam Dunk Science - Biomechanics labs for students in grades 6-12.

Site last updated 7/12/2005