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Use of Beach Shoes for Foot Protection during the Bangkok Flood of 2011
Background: Foot injury was common as a result of the Bangkok flood of 2011. In the future, this type of injury should be prevented to lessen the burden during a disaster. Objectives: The study was performed to ascertain what type of footwear is appropriate for volunteer rescue workers during a floo...
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Malaysian Orthopaedic Association
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4341057/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25722816 http://dx.doi.org/10.5704/MOJ.1303.007 |
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author | Waikakul, Saranatra |
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description | Background: Foot injury was common as a result of the Bangkok flood of 2011. In the future, this type of injury should be prevented to lessen the burden during a disaster. Objectives: The study was performed to ascertain what type of footwear is appropriate for volunteer rescue workers during a flood. Material and Methods: The study was carried out during the flood in November 2011 at Siriraj Hospital. There were 15 volunteers enrolled in the study. None of the volunteers had any foot deformity or injury before the study. Participants were divided into 3 groups of 5 volunteers: group A, the barefoot group; group B, the high top shoe group; and group C, the beach shoe group. All volunteers worked in the areas close to Siriraj Hospital and were followed up after 5 days of rescue work. Prevalence of foot and ankle injuries, satisfaction regarding work conditions and willingness to use the shoes were subjectively evaluated. Wearing of beach shoes during rescue was satisfactory during the early phase of the flood. Results: The age range of volunteers was 20-28. In the group A, most volunteers were barely satisfied with conducting rescue work in water with bare feet, that bare feet were good for working on a wet surface and were ‘just satisfied’ to not satisfied that bare feet were good for work on dry surfaces. In group B, most of the volunteers had opinions similar to group A with the exception that they felt better while they were working on dry surfaces. In group C, most volunteers were significantly more satisfied under all three conditions. Foot injury occurred in 2 volunteers from group A. Conclusion: Beach shoes offer adequate foot protection during flood rescue. |
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spelling | pubmed-43410572015-02-26 Use of Beach Shoes for Foot Protection during the Bangkok Flood of 2011 Waikakul, Saranatra Malays Orthop J Research Article Background: Foot injury was common as a result of the Bangkok flood of 2011. In the future, this type of injury should be prevented to lessen the burden during a disaster. Objectives: The study was performed to ascertain what type of footwear is appropriate for volunteer rescue workers during a flood. Material and Methods: The study was carried out during the flood in November 2011 at Siriraj Hospital. There were 15 volunteers enrolled in the study. None of the volunteers had any foot deformity or injury before the study. Participants were divided into 3 groups of 5 volunteers: group A, the barefoot group; group B, the high top shoe group; and group C, the beach shoe group. All volunteers worked in the areas close to Siriraj Hospital and were followed up after 5 days of rescue work. Prevalence of foot and ankle injuries, satisfaction regarding work conditions and willingness to use the shoes were subjectively evaluated. Wearing of beach shoes during rescue was satisfactory during the early phase of the flood. Results: The age range of volunteers was 20-28. In the group A, most volunteers were barely satisfied with conducting rescue work in water with bare feet, that bare feet were good for working on a wet surface and were ‘just satisfied’ to not satisfied that bare feet were good for work on dry surfaces. In group B, most of the volunteers had opinions similar to group A with the exception that they felt better while they were working on dry surfaces. In group C, most volunteers were significantly more satisfied under all three conditions. Foot injury occurred in 2 volunteers from group A. Conclusion: Beach shoes offer adequate foot protection during flood rescue. Malaysian Orthopaedic Association 2013-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4341057/ /pubmed/25722816 http://dx.doi.org/10.5704/MOJ.1303.007 Text en Copyright © 2014, Malaysian Orthopaedic Journal This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Waikakul, Saranatra Use of Beach Shoes for Foot Protection during the Bangkok Flood of 2011 |
title | Use of Beach Shoes for Foot Protection during the
Bangkok Flood of 2011 |
title_full | Use of Beach Shoes for Foot Protection during the
Bangkok Flood of 2011 |
title_fullStr | Use of Beach Shoes for Foot Protection during the
Bangkok Flood of 2011 |
title_full_unstemmed | Use of Beach Shoes for Foot Protection during the
Bangkok Flood of 2011 |
title_short | Use of Beach Shoes for Foot Protection during the
Bangkok Flood of 2011 |
title_sort | use of beach shoes for foot protection during the
bangkok flood of 2011 |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4341057/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25722816 http://dx.doi.org/10.5704/MOJ.1303.007 |
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