The shape of feet in women after mastectomy
Journal Title: Complementary & Alternative Medicine in Science - Year 2013, Vol 1, Issue 2
Abstract
Background. Mastectomy is an intervention which causes multiple changes in a woman’s body as a result of the altered statics of the body. The study aims at assessing the shape of feet in women after mastectomy compared with healthy females. Material and methods. The participants included 58 women after single mastectomy, members of the Amazon Club in the Podkarpackie (Subcarpathia) Province (study group) and 54 healthy women (control group). The mean age of the controls was 59+/-6.7 years, and in the study subjects - 60+/-7.2 years. Each woman was subjected to photogrammetric examination of the shape of feet based on the phenomenon of projection moiré. Results. Wejsflog index for the right foot in the study group was lower (p=0.0210). The ALPHA angle of the left foot and the GAMMA angle of the right foot were also found to vary, and the ALPHA angle was significantly smaller in the study group (p=0.0269) while the GAMMA angle was significantly larger (p=0.0001). Differenc es were also found in the longitudinal arch of the feet, and the feet of the women in the study group were characterized by a higher value of Clarke’s angle. In the case of the left foot this difference was statistically significant (p=0,0320). Conclusions. Mastectomy leads to lowering of the transverse arch of the foot. Following breast amputation, women tend to have a more pronounced longitudinal arch in the feet.
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Justyna Drzał-Grabiec, Maciej Rachwał, Katarzyna Walicka-Cupryś
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