1Professor, Dept. of Physical Therapy, Eulji University, South Korea
2Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Eulji University, South Korea
3M.D. Student, Dept. of Physical Therapy, Eulji University, South Korea
*Corresponding Author: Hang-Sik Park, Professor, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Eulji University, South Korea, Email: parkhs@eulji.ac.kr
Online published on 27 March, 2020.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of cold application of the sole on the balance capability.
Participants selected for a particular standard (n=49) applied cold packs and hot packs for 10 minutes at intervals of 2 weeks. The subjects measured the temperature of the three distinct parts of the foot sole and carried out a dynamic balance test using the stability limit test program of Bio rescue.
The areas of limits of stability after the cold pack application has significantly decreased in directions of forward, backward, right and left. However, the areas after the hot pack application did not have significant differences in all directions. These results show that the dynamic balance capability decreases when cold applied to the sole. However, since the change of the moving area due to the hot application is not significant, it is difficult to say that it affects the dynamic ability when the hot application is performed.
The results of this study showed that there is a difference in the balance sensory ability of the central nervous system according to the temperature change.
Foot, Cold application, Temperature, Balance, Bio-rescue
