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Baropodometric evaluation of foot load distribution during gait in the group of professionally active nurses
OBJECTIVES: Nurses are extremely exposed to musculoskeletal overloads. Prolonged standing postural balance distributions, functional deficits and pain may affect the symmetry of the load on the feet. The study aimed to assess the distribution of foot load during gait among nurses. METHODS: The sampl...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6970405/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31837089 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1348-9585.12102 |
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author | Kołcz, Anna Główka, Natalia Kowal, Mateusz Paprocka‐Borowicz, Małgorzata |
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description | OBJECTIVES: Nurses are extremely exposed to musculoskeletal overloads. Prolonged standing postural balance distributions, functional deficits and pain may affect the symmetry of the load on the feet. The study aimed to assess the distribution of foot load during gait among nurses. METHODS: The sample of this prospective and observational study consisted of 37 female nurses with mean age of 39 years. The Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ) was used to evaluate musculoskeletal disturbances and baropodometric gait analysis (BGA) was performed to register distribution of foot load during gait. RESULTS: We showed that 68% of nurses declare that they know the principles of workplace ergonomics, but only 14% comply with them. NMQ results indicate that as many as 73% of the respondents feel ailments in the "lower back" area. An asymmetry was observed in the load of IV‐V of the metatarsal head between the left and right foot (P = .000) and in the load of the left and right lateral part of the heel (P = .028) in the BGA test. Correlations between ailments occurring in the neck area and loading of the lateral arch of the right foot (P = .032) were found. Moreover, the load in this area correlated positively with the occurrence of "lower back" pain (P = .045). CONCLUSIONS: Nurses have asymmetric distribution of foot load during gait, which results in a discrepancy between the loads on the three main support points of the foot and which may affect nurses’ work productivity. |
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spelling | pubmed-69704052020-01-27 Baropodometric evaluation of foot load distribution during gait in the group of professionally active nurses Kołcz, Anna Główka, Natalia Kowal, Mateusz Paprocka‐Borowicz, Małgorzata J Occup Health Original Articles OBJECTIVES: Nurses are extremely exposed to musculoskeletal overloads. Prolonged standing postural balance distributions, functional deficits and pain may affect the symmetry of the load on the feet. The study aimed to assess the distribution of foot load during gait among nurses. METHODS: The sample of this prospective and observational study consisted of 37 female nurses with mean age of 39 years. The Nordic Musculoskeletal Questionnaire (NMQ) was used to evaluate musculoskeletal disturbances and baropodometric gait analysis (BGA) was performed to register distribution of foot load during gait. RESULTS: We showed that 68% of nurses declare that they know the principles of workplace ergonomics, but only 14% comply with them. NMQ results indicate that as many as 73% of the respondents feel ailments in the "lower back" area. An asymmetry was observed in the load of IV‐V of the metatarsal head between the left and right foot (P = .000) and in the load of the left and right lateral part of the heel (P = .028) in the BGA test. Correlations between ailments occurring in the neck area and loading of the lateral arch of the right foot (P = .032) were found. Moreover, the load in this area correlated positively with the occurrence of "lower back" pain (P = .045). CONCLUSIONS: Nurses have asymmetric distribution of foot load during gait, which results in a discrepancy between the loads on the three main support points of the foot and which may affect nurses’ work productivity. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2019-12-14 /pmc/articles/PMC6970405/ /pubmed/31837089 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1348-9585.12102 Text en © 2019 The Authors. Journal of Occupational Health published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of The Japan Society for Occupational Health This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Articles Kołcz, Anna Główka, Natalia Kowal, Mateusz Paprocka‐Borowicz, Małgorzata Baropodometric evaluation of foot load distribution during gait in the group of professionally active nurses |
title | Baropodometric evaluation of foot load distribution during gait in the group of professionally active nurses |
title_full | Baropodometric evaluation of foot load distribution during gait in the group of professionally active nurses |
title_fullStr | Baropodometric evaluation of foot load distribution during gait in the group of professionally active nurses |
title_full_unstemmed | Baropodometric evaluation of foot load distribution during gait in the group of professionally active nurses |
title_short | Baropodometric evaluation of foot load distribution during gait in the group of professionally active nurses |
title_sort | baropodometric evaluation of foot load distribution during gait in the group of professionally active nurses |
topic | Original Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6970405/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31837089 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1348-9585.12102 |
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