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Leather Insole with Acupressure Effect: New Perspectives

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Some wastes contain many reusable substances of high value. Solid leather waste is one such potential waste which can be converted into value added products. This study attempts to prepare leather insoles with acupressure effect from finished leather wastes and used leather wastes. Leather with acupressure effect (LAE) was fabricated using regenerated leather. LAE was characterized physico-chemically using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, thermo gravimetric analysis and scanning electron microscopy. Foot pressure measurements were done using LAE insoles on healthy individuals. Results proved that LAE insoles were able to increase the foot pressure of the wearer and thereby created an acupressure effect in them. Wearing of footwear with LAE insoles were beneficial compared to regular insoles. LAE possessed the required mechanical properties for insole production and it was also biodegradable in nature. The study proves that these composites could be successfully used for the production of cost-effective leather goods and therapeutic footwear. Production of useful byproducts from wastes is income generating and at the same time reduces environmental pollution and a feasible technology for waste recycling has been proved in this study.

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R. Senthil acknowledges the funding support granted by the Department of Science and Technology. India.

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  1. Biological Materials Lab, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai, 600 020, Tamilnadu, India

    Rethinam Senthil & Thotapalli Parvathaleswara Sastry

  2. Shoe Design and Development Centre, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai, 600 020, Tamilnadu, India

    Gnanasundaram Saraswathy & Bhabendra Nath Das

  3. Department of Textile Technology, Anna University, Chennai, 600 025, Tamilnadu, India

    Nallathambi Gobi

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Senthil, R., Sastry, T.P., Saraswathy, G. et al. Leather Insole with Acupressure Effect: New Perspectives. J Polym Environ 26, 175–182 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-016-0930-0

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