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A method of determining an attribute of a sole, the method including the steps of: determining a talar head palpation of a user's foot and assigning a value based on the position of the talus head, determining a supra and infra lateral malleoli curvature value of the user's foot and assigning a value based on the prominence of the infra and supra malleolar curves, determining a calcaneal frontal plane position value of the user's foot and assigning a value based on an angle of the calcaneus, determining a prominence of the talo-navicular joint value of the user's foot and assigning a value based on the curvature of the talo-navicular joint, determining a congruence of medial longitudinal arch value of the user's foot and assigning a value based on the curvature of the arch, determining an abduction/adduction of forefoot on rearfoot value of the user's foot and assigning a value based on the alignment, determining a minimum possible sum of the values and a maximum possible sum of the values and dividing the range of values into a predetermined number of bands from the minimum possible sum to the maximum possible sum, wherein the attribute is dependent on which band the sum of the assigned values fall into.

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