Plantar fasciitis in physicians and nurses: a nationwide population-based study

Sung, Kuo-Chang; Chung, Jui-Yuan; Feng, I‐Jung; Yang, Shuhan; Hsu, Chien‐Chin; Lin, Hung‐Jung; Wang, Jhi-Joung; Huang, Chien‐Cheng

doi:10.2486/indhealth.2019-0069

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“…As compared to these area of interest, limited data is available concerning the prevalence of plantar fasciitis which is commonly associated with long working hours, prolong standing, prolong sitting and writing on black boards in the teaching profession. 6,14 In the current study, 46.7% of studied population was suffering from plantar fasciitis. Contrary to our findings higher percentages of plantar fasciitis was reported by recent study by Alqahtani et al that reported prevalence of 85.5% foot pain among the teacher.…”

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“…12 Unilateral plantar heel pain, more severe when person walks after awaking in morning or prolonged sitting are the characteristic features for PF. 6 PFPS also includes visual analogue scale (VAS) to assess intensity of pain. The VAS scores pain was rating the pain on a scale of 1 to 100 points.…”

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“…2,5 Contradictory findings by previous studies have been reported about predisposition of PF among gender, some studies have reported equal predominance of PF in both gender while other showed male or female predominance. 2,6 Evidences are available showing the impact of occupation solely affecting plantar region, causing PF. Occupation involving prolong standing, sitting, running or long walking triggers the pain caused by this conditions.…”

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Frequency of Plantar Fasciitis among Females in Teaching Profession

Hashmi¹,

Naeem²,

Arif³

et al. 2021

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Objective: To find the frequency of plantar fasciitis among females teachers in Sialkot and to explore the relationship of heel pain due to plantar fasciitis with age, body mass index (BMI), type of shoes wearing and standing hours.Methodology: This cross-sectional study was the project of Sialkot College of physiotherapy (SCPT). It was conducted in February to March 2018 after taking ethical approval from institutional review board of SCPT (IRB-SCPT DPT-115-2018). Sample size was 150 subjects. Female teachers of age ranged 25-60years ,who fulfill inclusion criteria were enrolled by convenience sampling technique from the Sialkot based colleges. Data was collected by administering Plantar Fasciitis Pain/Disability Scale (PFPS) questionnaire among the female teachers. Data was analyzed by SPSS22.Results: This study was comprised of 150 participants with mean age30.69±5.44years. Mean of height, weight and BMI were 1.63± 0.34, 60.17±11.71, 23.68±4.39 respectively. Mean±SD of visual analogue scale (VAS) and total PFPS scores were 5.78±2.461 and 36.5±13.5 respectively. Of total population 46.3% of subjects have plantar fasciitis. Middle sole of foot was the most affected area by plantar fasciitis (PF), followed by ball of foot, heel and toe with subsequent values52(34.7%),43(28.7%),37(24.7%) and 18(12%) respectively The significant difference in mean VAS score for pain intensity was found among the subjects with and without PF (p value 0.000*). Plantar fasciitis was frequently found in subjects with higher age group than younger ones (p value 0.000*). Current results showed that 31% of total subjects with PF were used to wear flat shoes, whereas only 16 percent wear heel shoes and 23% were using both type of shoes (heel& flat). However this association was not found to be significant on regression analysis. Current results of regression analysis also did not find any significant impact of BMI (p value 0.50) and standing hours (p value 0.804) and types of shoes (p value 0.620) on the development of plantar fasciitis. Plantar fasciitis was positively associated with age (p value 0.002). Conclusion: Plantar fasciitis is found among teachers, commonly affecting middle sole area of the foot. PF is positively associated with age; however standing hours and BMI was not associated with it.

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Frequency of Plantar Fasciitis among Females in Teaching Profession

Hashmi¹,

Naeem²,

Arif³

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“…También afecta a un 10 % de los corredores y es común en trabajadores y atletas, los cuales, en las actividades que realizan, tienen un gran impacto en el pie 3 . La FP es causada por factores que producen una sobrecarga en la inserción de la fascia plantar del calcáneo causando microrroturas de esta 6,7 .…”

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Efectividad de la punción seca en el tratamiento de la fascitis plantar relacionada con la presencia de puntos gatillo miofasciales: revisión narrativa

Francés-Cusco¹,

Alfaro-Santafé²,

Pérez-Morcillo³

et al. 2020

Rev. Esp. Pod.

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“…These factors would create pathologic burden over calcaneal insertion of plantar fascia, which may further cause microtears in the fascia that may in the end lead to perifascial oedema and also increased heel pad thickness ensuing in interference of the normal biomechanics of the foot and eventually would lead to decrease in the competence of force absorption. This decrease in force absorption would therefore lead to overstressing of plantar fascia and increase the degenerative changes [7,8,9]. People with plantar fasciitis may present with heel pain with their first steps in the morning, or after long periods of sitting, and also elicit a response of sharp pain with palpation of the medial plantar calcaneal region [10].…”

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Prevalence of Plantar Fasciitis Among Nurses at A Tertiary Care Centre in A Rural Area: A Cross Sectional Study

Bhoir¹,

G.D²

2021

IJPR

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Background: The plantar fascia can further encounter a form of pathological degeneration called as plantar fasciitis that is one of the most common causes of heel pain. Plantar fasciitis is a multifactorial in origin and works as a mechanical overloading reaction to multiple instances of microtrauma. Purpose: This research will rule out the prevalence of plantar fasciitis in nurses both male and female with the help of windlass test and also make us aware about the correlation of plantar fasciitis among males and females. Methodology: A simple random sampling of 100 healthy nurses, 70 female nurses and 30 male nurses from Pravara Institute, Loni was included. The participants included were between age group of 20-50 years and were screened according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. Windlass test was performed in all the recruited participants. The test was done both in non-weightbearing (NWB) and weightbearing (WB) position. If pain was reproduced, the subject then marked the location of the pain. If pain was provoked then the test was considered positive. Result: The windlass test (weight bearing and non-weight bearing) showed that out of 100 participants 21% tested positive; out of which 17% females and 4% males responded positive in the study. Conclusion: The study concluded that female nurses are more prone to develop plantar fasciitis when compared with male nurses. KEY WORDS: Plantar fascia, Plantar fasciitis, Plantar fascia thickness, Pain, Nurses, Windlass test.

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Plantar fasciitis in physicians and nurses: a nationwide population-based study

Cited by 12 publications

References 34 publications

Frequency of Plantar Fasciitis among Females in Teaching Profession

Frequency of Plantar Fasciitis among Females in Teaching Profession

Efectividad de la punción seca en el tratamiento de la fascitis plantar relacionada con la presencia de puntos gatillo miofasciales: revisión narrativa

Prevalence of Plantar Fasciitis Among Nurses at A Tertiary Care Centre in A Rural Area: A Cross Sectional Study

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