Biomechanical and Viscoelastic Properties of Plantar Fascia in Pregnant Women-Pilot Study

Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pregnant Women

Treatments: Other: Evaluation of navıcular mobility; Other: Evaluation of Foot Posture; Other: Evaluation of biomechanics and viscoelastic properties of plantar fascia; Other: Evaluation of Foot Morphological Characteristics

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05318001

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Details and patient eligibility

About

The feet, which are support surfaces, are adapted to the physiological relaxation and biomechanical changes that occur during pregnancy. In this adaptation, it has not been objectively clarified how the plantar fascia, which plays a very important role in maintaining the height of the plantar arch, undergoes a change. Therefore, the aim of this pilot study is to investigate the normative values of trimester-specific biomechanical and viscoelastic properties of the plantar fascia, which adapts to changes in foot structure during pregnancy.

Enrollment: 172 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• First-time pregnancy
• They are between the ages of 18-40
• Pre-pregnancy Body-Mass-Index (BMI) < 30 kg/m2

Exclusion criteria

• Presence of any connective tissue disease that would affect the biomechanical or viscoelastic properties of the fascia
• Deterioration of skin integrity in measurement areas
• Presence of orthopedic, neurological, rheumatic problems that may cause musculoskeletal disorders and deviations from normal in biomechanical alignment
• History of surgery or fracture in the lower extremity and foot-ankle region in the last 6 months
• Defining metabolic disorders such as type I, II diabetes, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), preeclampsia

Trial design

172 participants in 3 patient groups

First trimester pregnant women (first pregnancy)

Description:

This group will consist of women in the first trimester and in first trimester of pregnancy

Treatment:

Other: Evaluation of Foot Morphological Characteristics

Other: Evaluation of biomechanics and viscoelastic properties of plantar fascia

Other: Evaluation of Foot Posture

Other: Evaluation of navıcular mobility

Second trimester pregnant women (first pregnancy)

Description:

This group will consist of women in the second trimester and in first trimester of pregnancy

Treatment:

Other: Evaluation of Foot Morphological Characteristics

Other: Evaluation of biomechanics and viscoelastic properties of plantar fascia

Other: Evaluation of Foot Posture

Other: Evaluation of navıcular mobility

Third trimester pregnant women (first pregnancy)

Description:

This group will consist of women in the third trimester and in first trimester of pregnancy

Treatment:

Other: Evaluation of Foot Morphological Characteristics

Other: Evaluation of biomechanics and viscoelastic properties of plantar fascia

Other: Evaluation of Foot Posture

Other: Evaluation of navıcular mobility