TY - GEN
T1 - Effect of Shoes on Lower Extremity Pain and Low Back Pain during Prolonged Standing on a Sloping Medium
AU - Shabrina, Ghassani
AU - Iqbal, Billy Muhamad
AU - Syaifullah, Danu Hadi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2018/11/27
Y1 - 2018/11/27
N2 - Media with 16° slope is an effective solution to reduce low back pain risk caused by prolonged standing. In this study, we examine the effect of shoes on lower back pain caused by prolonged standing for 2 hours on sloping medium. However, prolonged standing has another major risk: lower extremity pain. Many studies has shown that this risk can be affected by shoes type or characteristic. Hence, lower extremity pain risk is the main concern in this research. Two types of shoes observed in this study are Safety Shoes and Slip-On Shoes, as these are the most widely used in the manufacturing industry. Using the Surface Electromyography (S-EMG) method, the difference in Medial Gastrocnemius muscle response was measured against both types of shoes. The study showed that both types of shoes have different muscle activation values and the Safety Shoes showed greater activation. This result proves that, type of shoes may affect the amount of lower extremity pain caused while standing for 2 hours on sloping medium and Safety Shoes poses a greater lower extremity risk. Both Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and Foot Pain Questionnaire methods supported the finding. While the results of VAS method found standing for 2 hours on sloping medium has a greater lower extremity pain than low back pain risk. Foot Pain Questionnaire method indicated that the activity of standing for 2 hours over sloping medium causes a high pain on thumb toe and the back of foot. Based on this study, it can be concluded that it is necessary to design a special shoes for prolonged standing occupation on a sloping medium that can reduce the lower extremity pain risk, besides low back pain risk.
AB - Media with 16° slope is an effective solution to reduce low back pain risk caused by prolonged standing. In this study, we examine the effect of shoes on lower back pain caused by prolonged standing for 2 hours on sloping medium. However, prolonged standing has another major risk: lower extremity pain. Many studies has shown that this risk can be affected by shoes type or characteristic. Hence, lower extremity pain risk is the main concern in this research. Two types of shoes observed in this study are Safety Shoes and Slip-On Shoes, as these are the most widely used in the manufacturing industry. Using the Surface Electromyography (S-EMG) method, the difference in Medial Gastrocnemius muscle response was measured against both types of shoes. The study showed that both types of shoes have different muscle activation values and the Safety Shoes showed greater activation. This result proves that, type of shoes may affect the amount of lower extremity pain caused while standing for 2 hours on sloping medium and Safety Shoes poses a greater lower extremity risk. Both Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and Foot Pain Questionnaire methods supported the finding. While the results of VAS method found standing for 2 hours on sloping medium has a greater lower extremity pain than low back pain risk. Foot Pain Questionnaire method indicated that the activity of standing for 2 hours over sloping medium causes a high pain on thumb toe and the back of foot. Based on this study, it can be concluded that it is necessary to design a special shoes for prolonged standing occupation on a sloping medium that can reduce the lower extremity pain risk, besides low back pain risk.
KW - Biomechanics
KW - ergonomics
KW - low back pain
KW - lower extremity pain
KW - prolonged standing
KW - shoes
KW - surface-electromyography
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85060026759&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICIIBMS.2018.8550022
DO - 10.1109/ICIIBMS.2018.8550022
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85060026759
T3 - 2018 International Conference on Intelligent Informatics and Biomedical Sciences, ICIIBMS 2018
SP - 181
EP - 187
BT - 2018 International Conference on Intelligent Informatics and Biomedical Sciences, ICIIBMS 2018
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2018 International Conference on Intelligent Informatics and Biomedical Sciences, ICIIBMS 2018
Y2 - 21 October 2018 through 24 October 2018
ER -