Object: Outcome of wearing high heel shoes in young generation: A CrossSectional Study. Introduction/ Background: High heels increase the heel height, thusincreasing the pressure under the metatarsal head in forefoot, they push the center of mass of thebody forward taking the hips and spine out of alignment moreover the altered posture of walking1-5 in high heels places excessive forces on the inside of the knee joint . All these factors contributein causing deleterious pathologic deformities. The studies carried out previously were morefocused on the adult population furthermore there isn’t much work done to investigate the effectof heels in Pakistan therefore, this was a non-invasive study the purpose of which was to evaluatethese complications particularly targeting the medical students of medical colleges, Karachi.Methods: A total of 220 respondents aged between 15 to 25 years were selected as potentialrespondents meeting the criteria for selection. A convenience based randomized samplingmethod was adopted, where the participants were required to fill questionnaires and give theirdemographic details. They were inquired about the presence of any co morbidities which was anessential part of the exclusion criteria. They were also inquired about their usage of high heelshoes, their size, duration and frequency of usage, and if they had been causing anycomplications such as bunions, heel spur, callosities or pain in soles, calf or back. The dataobtained was analyzed through SPSS and the graphs of frequency for all the complications werecomputed. Results: After analyzing the 220 participants it was found that 7.7% were males while92.3% were females, and 61.8% were found to be within 21 to 23 years of age. After the analysesof data for the complications it was found that out of the total participants 18.8% experience footswelling, 19.4% blisters, 16.4% foot numbness, 12.3% foot callosities, 2.8% heel spur, and 3.7%experience bunions. Conclusions: From this study conducted on the students of medicalcollege it was found that wearing high heel shoes is not associated with any significantcomplications among most of the students
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