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Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Translated Title

長期照護機構之照顧服務員足部疼痛相關因素：初步研究

Abstract

Nursing aides at long-term care institutions need to stand and walk all day. As a result, the average burden of lower limbs for nursing aides is greater than nurses was. Feet have to bear the bodies weight as well as for support, shock absorption, and wear and tear from walking. This study investigated major factors of foot pain as caused by functional activities or the abnormal foot structures from prolonged standing and walking due to work. The participants were nursing aides at a special education school in central Taiwan. The first questionnaire gathered foot pain history for the previous three months. There were two screening experiments, foot assessment, and plantar pressure analysis. These experiments were conducted to measure and evaluate. There were 14 participants that had foot pain during the previous three months. Twenty-one had abnormal foot structure as discovered from the foot assessment and 12 had a history of foot pain. Only 18 had abnormal foot structure as discovered by plantar pressure analysis and 6 had a history of foot pain. The precise rate from the foot assessment method and the plantar pressure analysis system was 57 % and 33 %, respectively. The different aspects of the two screening methods resulted in different, yet precise screening rates. The foot assessment method was representative of a non-loaded static posture. Whereas, the plantar pressure analysis system was representative of a loaded dynamic posture. The experimental results showed that the assessment of the non-loaded static posture was associated with foot pain significantly (p=0.029). Foot structure was a major impact factor for the foot pain. The functional activity pattern that lead to foot pain was insignificant (p=0.629).

Language

Traditional Chinese

First Page

77

Last Page

84

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