EFFECT OF SHOE HEEL HEIGHT ON LOWER LIMB MUSCLES ELECTROMYOGRAPHIC ACTIVITY DURING WALKING

摘要：

Most women frequently wear high heeled shoes, which may result in an increase in foot problem. This study aimed to investigate the effect of differing heel height on static balance and muscle activation of ankle joint during walking.Six young females volunteered to participate in this study to measure balance function and EMG activity of gastrocnemius, tibialis anterior and soleus muscles.The subjects were asked to perform a full gait cycle under 4 different heel heights: barefoot, 3cm, 6cm and 9cm each.During the walking, EMG activity of gastrocnemius medialis and gastrocnemius lateralis muscles were significantly augmented with increasing heel height (p<0.05).The findings indicate that highheeled shoes may have disadvantages in maintaining balance function because of extra-muscular effort of ankle joint.This study provides useful information that will inform future studies on how heel height affects muscle activity around the ankle joint.

关键词： High Heels surface EMG gait

作者: AMIT SRIVASTAVA ASHISH MISHRA RAVI P.TEWARI RAKESH MATHUR

作者单位: Department of Applied Mechanics,MNNIT,Allahabad,India

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 3rd International Conference on Mechanical and Electrical Technology(ICMET2011) (2011第三届机械与电气技术国际会议)

会议地点: 大连

会议语种:英文

页码: 725-729

在线出版日期: 2011-08-26（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）