THE EFFECTS OF SHOE SUITABILITY ON PLANTAR PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION AND BALANCE PARAMETERS IN CHILDREN WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENT

Year 2022, Volume: 33 Issue: 2, 54 - 62, 20.08.2022

Seher Erol Çelik , Nilgün Bek , Hilal Özcebe , Hikmet Kocaman

https://doi.org/10.21653/tjpr.978556

Abstract

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate whether the characteristics of the shoes used by the children have an effect on the dynamic and static plantar pressure distribution parameters and balance parameters in hearing impaired children, and to compare the results with those of nonhearing- impaired children.
Methods: The study included 136 children, 68 children with hearing impairment and 68 children without hearing impairment. The Footwear Assessment Score (FAS) was applied to evaluate children's footwear. Flamingo Balance Test (FBT) was used to evaluate the static balance of the children, and the Functional Reach Test (FRT) was used to evaluate the dynamic balance of the children. Static and dynamic plantar pressure distribution measurements of the children were carried out with a sensored walking platform (Footscan® pedobarography system (RsScan-FootScan lab ltd., Ipswich, England)).
Results: In hearing impaired children, a positive relationship was found between FAS and dominant foot total percentage of pressure values. In children without hearing impairment, there was a negative relationship between FAS and dominant hindfoot pressure, and a positive relationship between FAS and anterior non-dominant foot pressure (p<0.05). There was no significant relationship of FAS with balance tests, dynamic plantar pressure values, and walking parameters in both groups (p>0.05).
Conclusions: The increase in static loading with the footwear suitability on the dominant foot in hearing impaired children may be an indication that children with balance problems load more on the dominant foot in order to feel safer.

Keywords

Balance, Footwear, Hearing Impaired, Plantar Pressure Distribution

Supporting Institution

Hacettepe University Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit

Project Number

18892

İİŞİTME ENGELLİ ÇOCUKLARDA AYAKKABI UYGUNLUĞUNUN AYAK TABAN BASINÇ DAĞILIMI, DENGE VE YÜRÜME FONKSİYONU ÜZERİNE ETKİSİ

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı, işitme engelli çocuklarda çocukların kullanmış olduğu ayakkabılara ait özelliklerin dinamik ve statik plantar basınç dağılım parametreleri ve denge parametreleri üzerine etkisinin olup olmadığını araştırmak ve işitme engeli olmayan çocuklarla karşılaştırmaktı.
Yöntem: Çalışmaya 68 işitme engelli ve 68 sağlıklı olmak üzere toplam 136 çocuk dahil edildi. Çocukların ayakkabılarını değerlendirmek amacıyla Ayakkabı Uygunluğu Değerlendirme Formu (AUDF) uygulandı. Çocukların statik dengesini değerlendirmek için Flamingo Denge Testi (FDT), dinamik dengesini değerlendirmek için Fonksiyonel Uzanma Testi (FUT) kullanıldı. Çocukların statik ve dinamik ayak tabanı basınç dağılım ölçümleri sensörlü yürüyüş platformu (Footscan® pedobarografi sistemi (RsScan-FootScan lab ltd., Ipswich, England)) ile gerçekleştirildi.
Sonuçlar: İşitme engelli çocuklarda dominant ayağa ait AUDF ile toplam yüklenme oranı değerleri arasında pozitif ilişki; sağlıklı çocuklarda ise dominant ayağa ait AUDF ile ayağın arka bölümüne yapılan yüklenme oranı arasında negatif ve non-dominant ayağa ait AUDF ile ayağın ön bölümüne yapılan yüklenme oranı değerleri ile arasında pozitif ilişki olduğu gözlemlendi (p<0,05). Her iki grupta AUDF ile denge testleri, dinamik ayak taban basınç değerleri, yürüme parametreleri arasında anlamlı ilişki bulunmadı (p>0,05).
Tartışma: İşitme engelli çocuklarda ayakkabı uygunluğunun dominant ayakta statik yüklenme oranı ile artış göstermesi denge problemi olan çocukların kendilerini daha güvende hissetmek için dominant ayağa daha fazla oranda yüklendiklerinin bir göstergesi olabilir.

Keywords

Denge, Ayakkabı, İşitme Engelli, Taban Basınç Dağılımı

Project Number

18892

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