Biomechanical and Viscoelastic Properties of Plantar Fascia in Pregnant Women

Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pregnant Woman; Biomechanical and Viscoelastic Properties of Plantar Fascia; Pelvic Girdle Pain

Treatments: Other: Evaluation of biomechanics and viscoelastic properties of plantar fascia; Other: Evaluation of navıcular drop; Other: Evaluation of plantar pressure distrubution

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04620993

166

Details and patient eligibility

About

Pelvic girdle pain is frequently experienced in pregnant women and the mechanism of pelvic girdle pain is not known exactly. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of biomechanical and viscoelastic properties of plantar fascia on pelvic girdle pain in pregnant women.

Enrollment: 73 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 20 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Pregnant women in the 2nd or 3rd trimester of pregnancy with pelvic girdle pain
• Pregnant women in the 2nd or 3rd trimester of pregnancy without pelvic girdle pain
• First pregnancy
• 20-40 years old
• Healthy woman without pregnancy

Exclusion criteria

• Participant having any kind of connective tissue disease
• Presence of orthopedic or neurological problems in the lower extremities that may cause musculoskeletal disorder and biomechanical alignment deviations
• Presence of foot pain that started before pregnancy and lasts for more than 3 months
• Presence of lumbar-pelvic pain that started before pregnancy and lasts for more than 3 months
• Have had 2 or more births
• Presence of multiple pregnancy (twins, triplets etc)
• Presence of ankle-ankle fracture and operation history in the last 6 months

Trial design

73 participants in 3 patient groups

Group 1: pregnant women with pelvic girdle pain

Description:

This group will consist of pregnant women who are in the 2nd or 3rd trimester of pregnancy and have pelvic girdle pain.

Treatment:

Other: Evaluation of biomechanics and viscoelastic properties of plantar fascia

Other: Evaluation of plantar pressure distrubution

Other: Evaluation of navıcular drop

Group 2:pregnant women without pelvic girdle pain

Description:

This group will consist of pregnant women who are in the 2nd or 3rd trimester of pregnancy but have not pelvic girdle pain.

Treatment:

Other: Evaluation of biomechanics and viscoelastic properties of plantar fascia

Other: Evaluation of plantar pressure distrubution

Other: Evaluation of navıcular drop

Group 3: healthy women

Description:

This group will consist of healthy women who have not been pregnant.

Treatment:

Other: Evaluation of biomechanics and viscoelastic properties of plantar fascia

Other: Evaluation of plantar pressure distrubution

Other: Evaluation of navıcular drop