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Comparisons of Musculoskeletal Characteristics and Lower Extremity Motor Control Ability between Prolonged Standing Workers with and without Plantar Heel Pai

Not Applicable
Conditions
prolonged standing workersplantar heel pain
prolonged standing workers
plantar heel pain
motor control
muscle recruitment
foot alignment
muscle flexibility
Registration Number
TCTR20201020008
Lead Sponsor
individual
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending (Not yet recruiting)
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
64
Inclusion Criteria

Work related standing time:
 continuous standing > 1 hour or > 4 hours of standing per day
Group with plantar heel pain: experienced plantar heel pain for at least 3 weeks and at least with one of the following complaints: pain with palpation of proximal insertion of plantar fascia
, pain on plantar heel with initial steps after a period of inactivity
, pain on plantar heel when prolonged standing
Group without plantar heel pain: match demographic data with the other group and without foot and ankle symptoms in the past year

Exclusion Criteria

Pregnancy
History of any systematic disease
History of osteoarthritis in lower extremity
History of lower extremity surgery or trauma

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Motor control Once after basic data collection Kinetic Control movement control tests of foot,Muscle recruitment Once after basic data collection Kinetic Control muscle inner range hold tests of tibialis posterior and soleus
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Foot alignment Once after basic data collection Foot Posture Index (FPI),Foot and ankle range of motion Once after basic data collection measure range of motion of ankle dorsiflexion and first metatarsalphalangeal joint extension
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