The effects of high-heeled shoes on gait parameters in healthy adult women.

IF 2.9 3区 综合性期刊 Q1 MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES
PLoS ONE Pub Date : 2025-07-03 eCollection Date: 2025-01-01 DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0327250
Kyoma Tanigawa, Hiroki Shimizu, Anuradhi Bandara, Misa Toyota, Shota Suzuki, Momoko Nagai-Tanima, Tomoki Aoyama
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Abstract

Background: Walking is essential in daily life, and footwear type significantly affects walking patterns. High-heeled shoes increase the risk of knee osteoarthritis and falls in women. Traditional studies often use treadmills or unfamiliar footwear, which may not reflect daily walking. This study investigated the impact of high-heeled shoes on walking parameters in healthy adult women using in-shoe motion sensors.

Methods: Seventeen healthy adult women without pain during walking participated. They walked for 6 minutes along a 30-meter corridor wearing high-heeled shoes and sneakers. Walking data were recorded using an in-shoe motion sensor system every 2 minutes. The average of three valid consecutive steps was calculated automatically. Statistical analysis compared the mean walking parameters between the high-heel and sneaker groups.

Results: The high-heel group showed significantly reduced foot clearance, stride length, peak plantar angle in dorsiflexion, and peak plantar angle in plantarflexion, and significantly greater toe-out angle in spatial parameters. Spatiotemporal parameters revealed significantly reduced walking speed and maximum swing phase speed in the high-heel group. No significant differences were observed in temporal parameters between the groups.

Conclusions: Since this study collected gait data under conditions similar to daily life, it provides data suitable for practical applications and may contribute to future research evaluating everyday gait. Additionally, future studies should include a broader range of participants and incorporate measurement devices capable of capturing hip and knee joint movements, providing a more comprehensive evaluation of the effects of high-heeled shoes on gait in healthy adult women.

高跟鞋对健康成年女性步态参数的影响。
背景:步行在日常生活中是必不可少的,而鞋的类型会显著影响步行方式。高跟鞋会增加女性患膝骨关节炎和跌倒的风险。传统研究通常使用跑步机或不熟悉的鞋子,这可能无法反映日常步行情况。本研究利用鞋内运动传感器研究了高跟鞋对健康成年女性行走参数的影响。方法:17名无行走疼痛的健康成年女性参与研究。他们穿着高跟鞋和运动鞋,在30米长的走廊上走了6分钟。每2分钟使用鞋内运动传感器系统记录一次步行数据。自动计算连续三个有效步骤的平均值。统计分析比较了穿高跟鞋组和穿运动鞋组的平均步行参数。结果:高跟鞋组足间隙、步长、足背屈曲峰值、足底屈曲峰值均明显减小,空间参数趾外角明显增大。时空参数显示,高跟鞋组行走速度和最大摇摆相速度显著降低。各组间时间参数无显著差异。结论:由于本研究收集了类似日常生活条件下的步态数据,提供了适合实际应用的数据,可能有助于未来日常步态评估的研究。此外,未来的研究应该包括更广泛的参与者,并纳入能够捕捉髋关节和膝关节运动的测量设备,为高跟鞋对健康成年女性步态的影响提供更全面的评估。
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PLoS ONE 生物-生物学
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