The Impact of Kinesiology Taping on a Greek Foot with a Hammertoe—A Case Report
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Types of Analyses | Parameter | Left Foot | Right Foot | ||||
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T0 | T1 | T2 | T0 | T1 | T2 | ||
3D scan analyses | Foot length [mm] | 262 | 266 | 266 | 265 | 268 | 270 |
Foot width [mm] | 90 | 90 | 90 | 93 | 93 | 93 | |
Heel width [mm] | 68 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 68 | |
Length of the longitudinal arch of the foot [mm] | 192 | 192 | 192 | 195 | 195 | 195 | |
Metatarsal head I–Vwidth [mm] | 65 | 65 | 65 | 66 | 66 | 66 | |
Heel angle [°] | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Knee angle [°] | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
Static analyses | Surface of the foot [cm2] | 161 | 166 | 164 | 156 | 159 | 156 |
Surface of the forefoot [cm2] | 85 | 92 | 88 | 86 | 89 | 90 | |
Surface of the hindfoot [cm2] | 76 | 74 | 76 | 70 | 70 | 69 | |
Max. foot load [g/cm2] | 486 | 437 | 436 | 505 | 423 | 443 | |
Mean load [g/cm2] | 216 | 222 | 234 | 257 | 250 | 255 | |
Forefoot load [%] | 52 | 44 | 44 | 54 | 43 | 45 | |
Hindfootload [%] | 48 | 56 | 56 | 46 | 57 | 55 | |
Dynamic analyses | Max. load [g/cm2] | 1440 | 1252 | 1204 | 1448 | 1308 | 1284 |
Mean load [g/cm2] | 435 | 323 | 365 | 462 | 408 | 395 | |
Surface of the foot [cm2] | 196 | 199 | 202 | 212 | 216 | 218 | |
Length of foot [mm] | 270 | 280 | 280 | 280 | 280 | 290 | |
Forefoot load [%] | 63 | 60 | 60 | 64 | 60 | 59 | |
Hindfoot load [%] | 37 | 40 | 40 | 36 | 40 | 41 | |
Load on medial part of the foot [%] | 48 | 48 | 53 | 44 | 47 | 44 | |
Load on lateral part of the foot [%] | 52 | 52 | 47 | 56 | 53 | 56 |
Left Foot | Right Foot | |||||||||||
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Surface [cm2] | Load [%] | Surface [cm2] | Load [%] | |||||||||
Foot Area | T0 | T1 | T2 | T0 | T1 | T2 | T0 | T1 | T2 | T0 | T1 | T2 |
Hallux | 23.25 | 23.75 | 23.75 | 10.36 | 10.77 | 10.23 | 21.50 | 21.50 | 21.25 | 12.00 | 12.14 | 13.02 |
Toes II-V | 18.50 | 22.00 | 21.75 | 13.41 | 8.27 | 9.81 | 20.00 | 23.75 | 24.00 | 9.95 | 5.78 | 6.34 |
Metatarsal I | 13.50 | 13.25 | 13.75 | 8.20 | 8.13 | 8.70 | 16.00 | 16.00 | 15.75 | 7.93 | 8.60 | 8.33 |
Metatarsal II–III | 19.00 | 21.75 | 22.50 | 14.59 | 11.21 | 12.27 | 26.00 | 28.00 | 28.25 | 14.79 | 11.55 | 11.13 |
Metatarsal IV–V | 20.00 | 20.00 | 20.50 | 8.07 | 9.78 | 9.75 | 30.75 | 29.50 | 29.75 | 11.55 | 9.98 | 10.85 |
Medial arch | 22.50 | 22.00 | 22.25 | 8.27 | 8.79 | 8.13 | 20.25 | 20.25 | 20.50 | 4.98 | 6.79 | 5.97 |
Lateral arch | 25.00 | 24.25 | 24.50 | 16.18 | 17.35 | 17.26 | 25.25 | 25.75 | 25.75 | 10.99 | 13.98 | 12.74 |
Medial heel | 24.50 | 24.25 | 24.25 | 11.10 | 12.55 | 12.25 | 23.25 | 23.00 | 23.25 | 12.88 | 15.58 | 15.55 |
Lateral heel | 29.75 | 28.25 | 28.50 | 9.90 | 13.04 | 11.53 | 28.75 | 28.50 | 29.00 | 15.03 | 15.57 | 15.98 |
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Żłobiński, T.; Stolecka-Warzecha, A.; Hartman-Petrycka, M.; Błońska-Fajfrowska, B. The Impact of Kinesiology Taping on a Greek Foot with a Hammertoe—A Case Report. Healthcare 2021, 9, 1178. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9091178
Żłobiński T, Stolecka-Warzecha A, Hartman-Petrycka M, Błońska-Fajfrowska B. The Impact of Kinesiology Taping on a Greek Foot with a Hammertoe—A Case Report. Healthcare. 2021; 9(9):1178. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9091178
Chicago/Turabian StyleŻłobiński, Tobiasz, Anna Stolecka-Warzecha, Magdalena Hartman-Petrycka, and Barbara Błońska-Fajfrowska. 2021. "The Impact of Kinesiology Taping on a Greek Foot with a Hammertoe—A Case Report" Healthcare 9, no. 9: 1178. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9091178