Abstract
AIM: This paper is a report of study conducted to explain the factors that causes ankle sprain by wearing high heels among students of Sargodha medical college and university of Sargodha. BACKGROUND: High heeled shoes have been worn for several centuries and despite numerous cautions against their use, they remain extremely popular. Wearing high heeled shoes is thought to increase the individual’s likelihood of experiencing a lateral ankle sprain. The 19 th century saw the first warnings that wearing high heels footwear could lead to trips and falls. Previous investigations have shown that high heeled shoes align the foot in planter flexion, modifying the relative orientation of the skeletal structures of ankle, midtarsal, and metatarsophalangeal joints, and alter the insertion angles of the foot and gliding joint muscles, therefore increasing the risk factor for ankle sprain. METHODS: observational non-experimental study was conducted via a questionnaire which was distributed among 500 female students of SMC (Sargodha medical college) and university of Sargodha. These female students fall in age group between18-26. RESULT: The result of our study concluded that the types of heel and height of heel are the most significant factors that cause ankle sprain. The ankle sprain caused by wearing pencil heels and by use of <3 inch heels are greatest. Keywords: Pencil heel, height of heel, Ankle sprain, SMC, Female student. DOI: 10.7176/JHMN/80-09 Publication date: September 30 th 2020
Highlights
High-heeled shoes are defined as shoes in which the heel is higher than the forepart
AIM: This paper is a report of study conducted to explain the factors that causes ankle sprain by wearing high heels among students of Sargodha medical college and university of Sargodha.BACKGROUND: High heeled shoes have been worn for several centuries and despite numerous cautions against their use, they remain extremely popular
Previous investigations have shown that high heeled shoes align the foot in planter flexion, modifying the relative orientation of the skeletal structures of ankle, midtarsal, and metatarsophalangeal joints, and alter the insertion angles of the foot and gliding joint muscles, increasing the risk factor for ankle sprain.METHODS: observational non-experimental study was conducted via a questionnaire which was distributed among 500 female students of SMC (Sargodha medical college) and university of Sargodha
Summary
High-heeled shoes are defined as shoes in which the heel is higher than the forepart. The 19th century saw the first warnings that wearing high heeled footwear could lead to trips and falls[4]. Since this time, women have been warned about the possibility for long term foot change from wearing high heeled footwear including shortened calf muscles, clawed toes, sprained ankles, bunions and foot pain[4]. Surveys suggest that 37% and 69% of women wear them in their daily lives, representing a huge proportion of the female population [5].Wearing high heel shoes is thought to increase an individual's likelihood of experiencing a lateral ankle sprain [6].Ankle sprain accounts for between 3% and 5% of all Emergency Department visits in the UK, equating to approximately 5,600 incidences per day [7].Previous investigations have shown that high-heeled shoes align the foot in plantarflexion;modifying the relative orientation of the skeletal structures of the ankle, midtarsal, and metatarsophalangeal joints; and alter the insertion angles of the foot and gliding joint muscles [8], increasing the risk factor for ankle sprain
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