Department of Physical Therapy, Shifa Tameer e Millat University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2020 Dec;70(12(A)):2199-2204. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.536.
To determine the association of musculoskeletal discomfort with the high heeled shoes related variables in females who use such footwear frequently.
A cross sectional study was conducted on 174 female residents of Islamabad and Rawalpindi, for a time period stretching from July 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018. The participants aged between 18 and 55 years appeared as the frequent users of high heeled shoes. The Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ) and Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) were used as outcome measures to assess the musculoskeletal discomfort and a self-structured questionnaire was used to obtain information related to the high heeled shoes e.g. duration and frequency of high heeled shoe use. Data was analysed by using SPSS version 21.
The data analysis showed a positive association of shoulders' discomfort with the length of high heeled shoes used by women (p value= 0.03<0.05). A positive association was also found between an occurrence of upper back discomfort and length of the heeled shoes (p value= 0.01<0.05). However, no significant association was found between pain intensity and length of the shoe' heel, frequency and duration of high heeled shoe use.
The shoulders' and upper back discomfort in females who frequently used high heeled shoes was associated with the length of the heels in shoes.
确定女性经常穿高跟鞋与与高跟鞋相关变量之间肌肉骨骼不适的关联。
2018 年 7 月 1 日至 2018 年 12 月 31 日期间，对伊斯兰堡和拉瓦尔品第的 174 名女性居民进行了一项横断面研究。这些参与者年龄在 18 至 55 岁之间，是高跟鞋的频繁使用者。北欧肌肉骨骼问卷（NMQ）和数字疼痛评分量表（NPRS）被用作评估肌肉骨骼不适的结果测量，自我结构化问卷用于获取与高跟鞋相关的信息，例如高跟鞋的使用时长和频率。数据使用 SPSS 版本 21 进行分析。
数据分析显示，女性使用高跟鞋的长度与肩部不适呈正相关（p 值=0.03<0.05）。高跟鞋鞋跟长度与上背部不适之间也存在正相关（p 值=0.01<0.05）。然而，鞋跟长度、高跟鞋使用频率和时长与疼痛强度之间没有显著关联。
经常穿高跟鞋的女性的肩部和上背部不适与鞋跟的长度有关。
