Effect of prolonged wearing high heeled shoes on occurrence of low back pain (LBP) and disability among females in ALJouf city
- Department of Physical therapy and Rehabilitation, College of Applied Medical Sciences, ALJouf University, ALJouf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Objectives: To study the effect of prolonged wearing high heeled shoes on occurrence of low back pain and disability among females in ALJouf city, Saudi Arabia. Subjects and Methods: Visual Analogue Scale, Arabic Oswestry Low Back Pain Questionnaire and Arabic Quebec Back Pain Scale were distributed to 104 worker females (45 of participants were females who wear high heeled shoes regularly at least for six months, while 59 were females who wear flat shoes regularly and never wear high heeled shoes) at AlJouf city. Results: wearing high heeled shoes is widely spreading among married women in with age group between 25-35 years while single females prefer wearing flat shoes particularly at age group 15-25 years. In addition, the mean of severity of low back pain among females wearing high heeled shoes regularly was ±5.84 while women wearing flat shoes was ±2.16. Further fore, disability mean for high heel group was ±11.33, ±25.35 whereas flat group was ±5.32, ±9.89 depending on (OLBPQ) and (QBPQ). Conclusion: The current study concluded that, low back pain and disability for women who are wearing high heeled shoes regularly are higher than that in women are wearing flat shoes.
[Hadeel ALSerhany, Fahad ALAnazi (2015); Effect of prolonged wearing high heeled shoes on occurrence of low back pain (LBP) and disability among females in ALJouf city Int. J. of Adv. Res. 3 (Dec). 1715-1722] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
