Prevalence of plantar fasciitis in post-menopausal women.

Abstract

Background:
Plantar fasciitis is extremely common overuse injury in people nowadays. It’s most typical in postmenopausal women, due to various hormonal changes taking place after menopause. This research aims to find out prevalence of plantar fasciitis in postmenopausal women and difficulties faced by them and severity of their condition.
Methods:
Postmenopausal women were chosen from Krishna Hospital Karad. The purpose and nature of study was explained to the participants, a consent form was filled by the participants. The questionnaire has been copyrighted and given to willing participants were then given a questionnaire to be filled. The study was carried out by giving them a questionnaire; based upon the inclusion and exclusion criteria a total of 89 subjects were studied. The responses were collected and all the data was entered into a database on Microsoft excel. The score was calculated and graded into mild/moderate/severe.
Results:
The present study shows that postmenopausal women’s are more vulnerable to plantar fasciitis. At the same time, the participants also some had restriction in doing daily activities. About 87.6% of subjects had plantar fasciitis. When assessed about the prevalence of plantar fasciitis in postmenopausal women, the participants exhibited a very poor score.
Conclusion:
Based upon the responses collected from survey questionnaire, the women’s are prone to plantar fasciitis which also hampers their daily activities. The awareness regarding the condition its causes and prevention methods will reduce no. of plantar fasciitis and even exercises for same are often very helpful in avoiding further risk factors.
Keywords:
Women, Postmenopausal, weight gain, plantar fascia, overuse.