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- Using plantar pressures for improving arch support for shoe customizationPublication . Martins, Cátia; Marques, M. Arcelina; Viriato, N.; Vaz, Mário G.The footwear industry is evolving from a laborintensive work to a knowledge-based manufacturing process, developing customized and personalized products in order to meet the customer needs [1]. Pathologies like high arch and flat foot are widely studied and some orthoses have shown positive results in treatment [1, 4]. The objective of this work was to customize the design of a comfort shoe (Arcopédico), so it could be adapted to three major foot types (pes cavus, planus and normal).