The foot shape in women over sixty
Journal Title: Rehabilitacja Medyczna - Year 2012, Vol 16, Issue 4
Abstract
Background: At an elderly age the foot is prone to accelerated involutional changes as a result of an insufficient amount of activity. The latter is a result of the lack of interest, frequent pain, a decline in physiological condition and capacity, as well as isolation from the outside world due to depression.Objective: To assess changes in the shape of the foot in women over sixty and to examine the relation between length, body weight and the BMI index and parameters describing foot shape.Material and methods: The study included 130 women between sixty and ninety. The control group consisted of 130 healthy subjects, aged from twenty to twenty five. Foot measurements were obtained using the computer method of CQ-ST bases of the CQ Elektronik System company. The analysis depended on the following parameters: the length and the width of the foot, Wejsflog’s index, Clarke’s angle and Alpha, Beta and Gamma angles.Results: Statistical results showed a great deal of differences in the foot shape of women over sixty, compared to the women in the control group for the majority of the tested parameters. The exception was the Beta and Gamma angle in the right foot. Correlations were shown in the control group between the length and the body weight and between the BMI index and the width of the feet. Such correlations were not noted in the group of older womenConclusions: The shape of women’s feet after 60 significantly differs from the foot shape of young women. It follows to examine which of the described parameters and in what way they should be taken into account during shoe design for the elderly and in the preparation of treatment and a prevention exercise programme.
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Justyna Drzał-Grabiec, Sławomir Snela, Justyna Podgórska
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