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The influence of high and low heeled shoes on EMG timing characteristics of the lumbar and hip extensor complex during trunk forward flexion and return task.

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BACKGROUND:Recent studies suggest that wearing high-heel shoes increases the risk of developing certain musculoskeletal pain conditions. In this study we sought to examine whether heel height alters lumbar and hip extensor muscle timing characteristics during a standardized trunk flexion task. METHODS:Thirty-one young, healthy women (22-27 years; 168.6 ± 5.1 cm; 57.1 ± 11.8 kg) participated in this study. Lumbar erector spinae (ES), gluteus maximus (GM), and biceps femoris (BF) electromyographic (EMG) signals were recorded during a trunk flexion task where subjects were instructed to flex their trunk in the sagittal plane and then return to a neutral posture. The task was repeated under three footwear conditions: while wearing no footwear, while wearing shoes with 4-cm heels, and while wearing shoes with 10-cm heels. EMG onset and offset times, as well as EMG duration, were calculated for each muscle and compared across conditions. RESULTS:We observed a significantly earlier onset of the ES EMG activity (1.36 ± 0.61 vs. 1.56 ± 0.67 s), and significantly delayed onset of the GM EMG activity (1.72 ± 0.66 vs. 1.28 ± 0.58 s) during the flexion phase of movement in the 10-cm heeled compared to the no footwear condition. The GM muscle also exhibited an earlier offset time in the 10-cm heel condition compared to the no footwear condition during the flexion movement (2.57 ± 0.67 vs. 3.30 ± 0.61 s) as well as during the return from flexion movement phase (10.87 ± 0.58 vs. 11.69 ± 0.65 s). These alterations in timing characteristic resulted in an overall decrease in the EMG duration for the GM muscle during the flexion movement. CONCLUSION:The results of this study suggest that high-heels alter trunk and hip extensor muscle coordination patterns. These findings, when considered in combination with other recent findings on the biomechanical effects of wearing high-heels, raise concern about whether wearing high heels results in abnormal spine loading patterns and increases the risk for developing musculoskeletal injuries.

journal_name

Man Ther

journal_title

Manual therapy

authors

Mika A,Clark BC,Oleksy Ł

doi

10.1016/j.math.2013.03.004

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2013-12-01 00:00:00

pages

506-11

issue

eissn

1356-689X

issn

1532-2769

pii

S1356-689X(13)00042-8

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The influence of high and low heeled shoes on EMG timing characteristics of the lumbar and hip extensor complex during trunk forward flexion and return task.