Barefoot and High-Heeled Gait: Changes in Muscles Activation Patterns

Nascimento, Nathalya Ingrid Cardoso do; Saraiva, Thais Sepeda; Cruz, Antonio Gerson Bernardo da; Souza, Givago da Silva; Callegari, Bianca

doi:10.4236/health.2014.616254

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“…He also suggested that wearing high heels is not advised for patients with cervical or lumbar spine problems [13]. High heels also significantly increase tension of other lower limb muscles -gastrocnemius medialis, rectus femoris, tibialis anterior and rectus abdominis -and causes longer participation of these muscles during the gait cycle [10].…”

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Is static balance affected by using shoes of different height?

Truszczyńska

Trzaskoma

Stypińska

et al. 2016

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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SummaryStudy aim: to investigate the impact of heels of different height on static balance of teenagers and young women not accustomed to high heels. Material and methods:The study involved 71 young women aged 21.09 ± 2.91 years. We used a stabilometric platform to take measurements barefoot and with heels: of 4 cm and of 10 cm. Two types of measurements were taken: with eyes open and with eyes closed. Results: Statistical analysis revealed a significant increase in values of the measured stabilographic parameters with 4 cm and 10 cm heels, in comparison to measurements taken with bare feet. Measurements with eyes closed revealed significantly greater distortions to static balance than measurements with eyes open. A comparison of measurements -both with eyes open and with eyes closed -barefoot, with 4 cm heels and with 10 cm heels revealed statistically significant differences. Conclusions: High heels in the population of young women significantly worsen static balance. Heel height and the exclusion of visual control are important factors diminishing static balance.

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Is static balance affected by using shoes of different height?

Truszczyńska

Trzaskoma

Stypińska

et al. 2016

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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“…(14,23) High heels would push the center of body load to the front excessively, so that the pelvis and spine would be out of its normal alignment, thus causing an increase of bioelectrical activity of the spine muscle and increase oxygen consumption. 24 These mechanism would cause muscle stress, that gradually would cause posture changes and LBP. 15 VVertical GRF increases significantly in heelheight of 7,62 cm.…”

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Association Between Heel-Height and Low Back Pain in Sales Promotion Girls

Bahrizal

Meiyanti

2017

JKKI

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Background:The Prevalence of LBP in Indonesia continues to increase, while the exact cause cannot be identified. The facts show that most of LBP is caused by occupational health problems rather than organic diseases, which one of them is the habit of wearing high-heeled shoes. Besides having an aesthetic function, high-heeled shoes also give negative effects on health. Objective: To evaluate the association between the usage and duration of high heels with LBP, as well as evaluating disability due to LBP in female salesperson Methods: The study used analytic observational study with cross-sectional design that includes 123 sales promotion girls in one of department stores, Cengkareng, West Jakarta which was carried out from November to December 2015. The data was collected through the interview which includes characteristics of the subjects, complaint history of low back pain (LBP), measurement of heel heights, and anthropometry data. The intensity of pain is assessed by Visual Analogue Scale, whilst the degree of disability is assessed by using Oswestry Low Back Pain Disability Questionnaire. Data analysis is performed by using Fisher's test with a significance level p<0.05 software SPSS for Windows version 21. Results : The majority of 20 to 25-year-old sales promotion girls with a normal nutritional status wear 5-7 cm-high-heeled shoes for more than one year. About 68% of them complain of low back pain (LBP), where 11% of subjects were obtained with suspected disability due to LBP complaint. The heel heights is not correlated with LPB complaints, but the working period of sales promotion girls is (p=0.000). Conclusion: There is no correlation between high heel shoes with low back pain. There is a relationship between the working period with low back pain.

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“…The gait data were normalized by the maximum voluntary isometric contraction (MVC) for each muscle. Three tests of MVC were performed, and the average values were used for normalization of the muscles' electrical activity detected during the walking test [6]. After this, the linear envelope of each muscle was calculated using a second order Butterworth low-pass filter (6 Hz cut-off).…”

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“…This was performed using a foot switch (Heel/Toe strike transducer, Emgsystem, São Jose dos Campos, Brazil) that was synchronized to the acquisition system to identify the exact time of initial contact and loss of foot contact with the ground, thereby determining cycle phases. In order to detect muscular activation, we used a criterion for establishing onset and offset activation based on the moment when the EMG signal exceeded 30% of the minimum amplitude of the signal average per individual [6].…”

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Late physiotherapy rehabilitation changes gait patterns in post-stroke patients

Almeida

Cruz

Candeira

et al. 2017

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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SummaryStudy aim: To determine whether a physiotherapy protocol improves the electromyographic activation (EA) during the hemiparetic gait in patients with delayed access to rehabilitation. Material and methods: 40 post-stroke patients underwent clinical evaluation and gait assessment at the time of admission and at the end of treatment. Results: The anterior leg muscles tibialis anterior and rectus femoris had earlier onset (p = 0.0001). Conclusion: Electromyographic findings showed altered patterns during the hemiparetic gait cycle, even in patients with delayed access to treatment.

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Barefoot and High-Heeled Gait: Changes in Muscles Activation Patterns

Cited by 14 publications

References 11 publications

Is static balance affected by using shoes of different height?

Is static balance affected by using shoes of different height?

Association Between Heel-Height and Low Back Pain in Sales Promotion Girls

Late physiotherapy rehabilitation changes gait patterns in post-stroke patients

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