Repercussions on Spinal Posture Before and After Wearing High-heeled Shoes in a Sample of Young Women: Cross-sectional Pilot Study

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适应症

试验速览

阶段: 不适用
状态: 招募中
发起方
入组人数: 34
试验地点: 1
主要终点: effect of high-heeled shoes on cervical arrow

研究概览研究设计入排标准结局指标研究者研究点记录与标识符相似试验

研究概览

简要总结

At a postural level, many doctors, physiotherapists and chiropractors are convinced that lower back pain induced by heels is due to an increase in lumbar lordosis associated with an anterior pelvic tilt; this thought is even shared by the American Chiropractic Association and the American Physical Therapy Association.

Furthermore, in most of the websites consulted, even by non-experts, the reason for the onset of spinal pain is attributed to hyperlordosis and pelvic anteversion. However, this thought is not entirely in agreement with other scientific publications. Therefore it is necessary to pay attention to online searches which often answer these questions without taking EBM into account.

None of the studies reported above take into consideration the time factor. In fact, all the studies have evaluated the immediate changes brought about by heel raising. Women who complain of lower back pain when wearing high-heeled shoes rarely experience pain as soon as they start wearing them.

The objective of the research arises from these considerations. The aim of this study (primary outcome) is to investigate whether wearing high-heeled shoes for at least 2 hours modifies the spinopelvic parameters compared to the barefoot condition and as soon as the shoes are worn.

The secondary outcome will be to verify in the sample analyzed whether there are different behaviors between the subgroups of those who have complained in their anamnesis and those who have never complained of lower back pain when using high-heeled shoes for a few hours.

详细描述

A three-dimensional analysis of the posterior surface will be performed with the Formetric 4D® rasterstereographic device (Diers International GmbH, Schlangenbad, Germany).

Participants will be given a questionnaire which investigates:

Age, weight, height of the participants;
Any pain in the spine (measured by NPS) usually reported by subjects after using high-heeled shoes;
Type of profession;
Frequency with which the subjects wear the heeled shoe (how many hours per week);
Heel height of the shoe with which they participate in the clinical study;
Any spinal pain (measured by NPS) after wearing heeled footwear for the study period.

This last data will be filled in at the end of the evaluation.

For the evaluation of the secondary outcome, on the basis of the data from the medical history sheet, the sample will be divided into two groups:

研究设计

研究类型: Observational
观察模型: Case Only
时间视角: Cross Sectional

入排标准

年龄范围: 20 Years 至 40 Years（Adult）
性别: Female
接受健康志愿者: 是

入选标准

•female subjects aged between 20 and 40 years
•Usual users of shoes with heels at least 7 cm high, with a frequency of at least twice a week and/or less than 3 hours/week

排除标准

•structural or neurological anomalies that may prevent you from remaining weight-bearing, for approximately 2 hours, with shoes having a heel (difference between the heel and the plateau) of at least 7 cm high;