Nakano Hideki, Murata Shin, Abiko Teppei, Sakamoto Masashi, Matsuo Dai, Kawaguchi Michio, Sugo Youji, Matsui Hiroaki
Faculty of Health Science, Kyoto Tachibana University, 34 Yamada-cho, Oyake, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto 607-8175, Japan.
ASICS Trading Company Limited, 3-5-2 Yasakadai, Suma-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo 654-0161, Japan.
Rehabil Res Pract. 2017;2017:2941095. doi: 10.1155/2017/2941095. Epub 2017 Nov 14.
The aim of this randomized controlled study was to investigate the effects of insoles with a toe-grip bar on toe function and standing balance in healthy young women.
Thirty female subjects were randomly assigned to an intervention group or a control group. The intervention group wore shoes with insoles with a toe-grip bar. The control group wore shoes with general insoles. Both groups wore the shoes for 4 weeks, 5 times per week, 9 hours per day. Toe-grip strength, toe flexibility, static balance (total trajectory length and envelope area of the center of pressure), and dynamic balance (functional reach test) were measured before and after the intervention.
Significant interactions were observed for toe-grip strength and toe flexibility ( = 12.53, < 0.01; = 5.84, < 0.05, resp.), with significant improvement in the intervention group compared with that in the control group. Post hoc comparisons revealed that both groups showed significant improvement in toe-grip strength ( < 0.01 and < 0.05, resp.), with higher benefits observed for the intervention group ( < 0.01). Conversely, no significant interaction was observed in the total trajectory length, envelope area, and functional reach test.
This study suggests that insoles with a toe-grip bar contribute to improvements in toe-grip strength and toe flexibility in healthy young women.
本随机对照研究旨在探讨带有脚趾抓握杆的鞋垫对健康年轻女性脚趾功能和站立平衡的影响。
30名女性受试者被随机分为干预组和对照组。干预组穿着带有脚趾抓握杆鞋垫的鞋子。对照组穿着普通鞋垫的鞋子。两组均穿着鞋子4周,每周5次,每天9小时。在干预前后测量脚趾抓握力、脚趾灵活性、静态平衡(压力中心的总轨迹长度和包络面积)和动态平衡(功能性伸展测试)。
在脚趾抓握力和脚趾灵活性方面观察到显著的交互作用(分别为=12.53,<0.01;=5.84,<0.05),与对照组相比,干预组有显著改善。事后比较显示,两组的脚趾抓握力均有显著提高(分别为<0.01和<0.05),干预组的受益更高(<0.01)。相反,在总轨迹长度、包络面积和功能性伸展测试中未观察到显著的交互作用。
本研究表明,带有脚趾抓握杆的鞋垫有助于改善健康年轻女性的脚趾抓握力和脚趾灵活性。