Effects of High-heeled Shoe with Different Height on the Balance during Standing and Walking

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of high-heeled shoe on the quiet standing and gait balance. Twenty women (mean height: 161.6±3.3 cm., mean body mass: 53.8 ±6.3 kg, mean age: 23.8±2.7 yrs..) who were without history or complain of lower limb pain took part in this study. They were asked to stand quietly on a force platform for 30 sec and walk on it at their preferred walking speed (mean speed 3.14±0.5 km/hr.) with wearing three different high-heeled shoe, 3, 7, 9 cm high for collecting data. Data were randomly recorded to collect two trials for quiet standing and five trials for walking The parameters to have been analyzed for comparison between three conditions of the height of high-heeled shoe were COP(Center of Pressure) range, COP velocity, sway area, and free moment on the static balance and COP range, COP velocity, and free moment on the dynamic balance. In this study, high-heel height affected on the COP range and velocity in the ante-posterior direction during walking, dynamic balance, but didn't affect on the quiet standing, static balance.

Acute Changes in Fascicle Behavior and Electromyographic Activity of the Medial Gastrocnemius during Walking in High Heeled Shoes

“…Second, because muscle length is decreased in comparison to being barefoot, muscle activity can be expected to be lower as well. Muscle being less active when walking with the muscle length being at a shorter length is consistent with the findings from prior studies (Lee, Matteliano, Medige, & Smiehorowski, 1987;Lee, Shieh, Matteliano, & Smiehorowski, 1990;Gregor, Smith, & Prilutsky, 2006;Lichtwark, & Wilson, 2006 (Ryu, 2009;Ryu, 2010;Opila, Wagner, Schiowitz, & Chen, 1988).…”

Effect on the parameters of the high-heel shoe and transfer time of ground reaction force during level walking

“…But high-heel shoe wearing frequently by young female among various types of shoes cause injurious side-effects and show tendency of more plantar flection effect than that of bare-walking on sagittal plane (Hyun and Ryew, 2014a) due to instability in anterior-posterior direction with increase of moment of inertia of body relatively (Ryu, 2010). …”

Investigation of the Ground Reaction Force Parameters According to the Shoe's heel Heights and Landing Distance during Downward Stairs on Bus

“…한편 여성들의 경우, 패션의 완성과 아이템으로 생각하 여 (Choi & Chun, 2009;Lee, Park, & Rye, 2012) 많이 애용하는 뒤 굽이 높은 구두 (Cho, Kim, & Koh, 2009)의 착용은 대중교통 수단인 버스에서도 예외일 수 없다. 이미 뒤 굽이 높은 구두 힐(high heel)의 착용은 보행 시 동적안정성이 감소되고 Ryu, 2009;Ryu, 2010), 전족의 압력분포가 증가한다고 하였다 (Nyska, McCabe, Linge, & Klenerman, 1996). 또 한 근피로가 쉽게 발생하고 발목 안정성 감소와 외상의 발 생률이 증가 (Valentini et al, 2009) (Whittle, 1999), 이로 인한 반복적인 충 격율과 일시적인 스트레스 파들은 연골 조직 파열과 퇴행 성 골다공증 유발에 주요 요인들이라고 제기되고 있다 (Dekel & Weissman, 1978;Radin, Orr, Kelman, Paul, & Rose, 1982).…”