Comparing between static stretching and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching on calf muscle in women wearing high-heeled shoes
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Women who always wear high-heeled shoes feel pain at calf muscle
- Registration Number
- TCTR20151230001
- Lead Sponsor
- Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Enrolling by invitation
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
Woman aged 20-45 years old and BMI less than 25 km/m2
Wearing high-heeled shoes more than 6 months
The height of heeled shoes are between 5-10 cm.
Wearing high-heeled shoes more than 6 hours/day, 3 days/week
The cross-sectional area of heeled shoes are between 1-2 cm2
Pain scale of calf muscle is more than 4/10 points
Exclusion Criteria
History of orthopaedic surgery or severe musculoskeletal problems in back and lower extremities
Pregnant women
Attended lower limb stretching program in recent 6 months
Medical diagnosis of musculoskeletal problems in leg and foot, for example, Plantarfaciitis, Achilles tendonitis, Reumatoid arthritis, Osteoarthritis
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Range of motion of ankle dorsiflexion at the end of the first training and 6 weeks after end of intervention Digital Inclinometer ,Range of motion of hip extension at the end of the first training and 6 weeks after end of intervention Digital Inclinometer ,Flexibility of back and and hamstring muscles at the end of the first training and 6 weeks after end of intervention Sit and reach test,Lumbar lordosis curve at the end of the first training and 6 weeks after end of intervention baseline scoliosis meter,Pain scale at the end of the first training and 6 weeks after end of intervention Visual analog scale
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method one None None