A Predictive model on effects of high - heeled shoes on lumbar and leg muscles on women exposed to prolonged static standing

• Main Authors: Javellana, Zaela Sarah M., Joquico, Ann Margarette U., Tiu, Tamie Kamille K.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2010
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/10974
• Institution: De La Salle University

Wearing high-heeled shoes in prolonged standing causes an increase in the muscle activity in the lateral gastrocnemius of legs as well as the L1/L2 and L4/L5 erector spinae located in the lower back. Since the foot becomes plantar flexed while wearing high-heeled shoes, the contraction of the leg mu...