Shoes on Balance, Muscular Endurance and Functional Skills

The Effects of Shoes With Different Heel Heights on Balance, Muscular Endurance and Functional Skills

In daily life, stiletto heeled shoes which are popularly preferred by women have different heel heights. This study aims to investigate the effects of these differences on balance, muscular endurance and functional skills. Heel heights were chosen as 4 and 10 cm. Other features of shoes (stiletto type/colour etc.) will be same. The tests will be randomly done barefoot, 10 cm, and 4cm shoes.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Healthy
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Shoes

Detailed Description

The evaluations will include Functional Forward Reach Test for dynamic balance and Single Leg Standing for static balance, heel raising and squat-up test for muscular endurance of plantar flexor and quadriceps muscles, ascending stairs for functional skills.

Measuring distance will be used for Functional reach test and timing will be used for single leg standing test. Timing and repetition number will be used for muscular endurance tests. Timing will be used to climb up 10 stairs with and without heel contact.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 40
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Cyprus
  • Famagusta, Cyprus, 99628
    • Zehra Güçhan Topcu

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 30 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• the shoe number will be 37
• women who do not regularly wear high heeled shoes
• women who are familiar with stiletto heeled shoes

Exclusion Criteria:

• any pain which prevents to participate in tests
• women with cardiovascular disease, metabolic disease, blood pressure disorders, diabetes diseases, neuromuscular diseases.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Screening
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Shoe with 4 cm heel; Shoes with 4 cm heel will be applied to women. Tests to measure balance, muscular endurance and function will be done while they wear this shoe.	Other: Shoes; Shoes with different heel heights; Other Names: Women wearing shoes
Experimental: Shoe with 10 cm heel; Shoes with 10 cm heel will be applied to women. Tests to measure balance, muscular endurance and function will be done while they wear this shoe.	Other: Shoes; Shoes with different heel heights; Other Names: Women wearing shoes
No Intervention: Without shoes; Women will be included in the tests to measure balance, muscular endurance and function without shoes.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Functional Skill	The case will be asked to climb up 10 stairs as fast as possible. Time (in seconds) will be recorded for climbing up with and without heel contact.	at baseline

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Single Leg Standing	The case will be asked to stand on dominant leg. If the raised leg touches anything around (other limb, floor) or in condition of hopping/splashing, time will be stopped. Time (seconds) will be recorded.	at baseline

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Repetition number of heel raising	Before the test, the case will be asked to stretch plantar flexor muscles. Then the case will be asked to raise the heels unilaterally. The repetition number will be written until the case cannot do the full movement.	at baseline
Repetition number of squating	Before the test, the case will be asked to stretch quadriceps muscle with flexing the knee. Then the case will be asked to squat continuously. The repetition number will be written until the case cannot do the full movement.	at baseline
Duration of heel raising	Before the test, the case will be asked to stretch plantar flexor muscles. Then the case will be asked to raise the heels unilaterally. The time (in seconds) will be written until the case cannot do the full movement.	at baseline
Duration of squating	Before the test, the case will be asked to stretch quadriceps muscle with flexing the knee. Then the case will be asked to squat continuously. The time (in seconds) will be written until the case cannot do the full movement.	Before the test, the case will be asked to stretch quadriceps muscle with flexing the knee. Then the case will be asked to squat continuously. The repetition number will be written until the case cannot do the full movement.
Functional Forward Reach Test	Before the test, the case will be asked to stretch quadriceps muscle with flexing the knee. Then the case will be asked to squat continuously. The repetition number will be written until the case cannot do the full movement.	Before the test, the case will be asked to stretch quadriceps muscle with flexing the knee. Then the case will be asked to squat continuously. The repetition number will be written until the case cannot do the full movement.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Eastern Mediterranean University
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: ZEHRA GÜÇHAN TOPCU, Eastern Mediterranean University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): December 15, 2018
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 15, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): March 10, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 2, 2019
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 21, 2019
• First Posted (Actual): January 25, 2019

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): January 9, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 7, 2020
• Last Verified: January 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: women; balance; shoes; muscles
• Other Study ID Numbers: ETK00-2018-0239

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No