Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: The Influence of High Heeled Shoes on the Sagittal Balance of the Spine and Whole Body
Brief Summary:
The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of high heeled shoes on the sagittal balance of the spine and the whole body.
The investigators hypothesize that wearing high heeled shoes leads to a hyperlordosis of the cervical spine, a decrease of thoracic kyphosis, hyperlordosis of the lumbar spine and a posterior tilt of the pelvis resulting in a posterior shift of the body's center of gravity. This would be an explanation for the increased prevalence of back pain in individuals frequently wearing high heels.
In order to assess these changes, differences in the two following outcome parameters will be measured on a standing lateral EOS-radiograph of the whole body - barefoot and with high heeled shoes: spino-sacral angle (primary) and meatus plumb line (secondary) .