The Impact of Petrissage on Functional Measures of High-Heeled Shoe Wearers

BackgroundMany women enjoy wearing high heels despite knowing they can harm their feet. Many uncomfortable conditions can originate from wearing this shoe, leading to biomechanical changes in ankle joints. Hence, the study is aimed to identify the effects of massage therapy in improving muscular flexibility among women wearing high heels. MethodologyForty female participants with chronic heel pain were included in the single-blinded, randomized controlled trial. Participants were divided into Group-A (Stretching and deep heat) and Group-B (petrissage and deep heat). The treatment was performed for 4 weeks, 3 sessions/week in both groups. Foot function index and ankle dorsiflexion were recorded at baseline and after 4-weeks of intervention. ResultsForty female participants with a mean age of 28.23±6.24 were recruited. Both groups showed significant improvement in all three variables, i.e. Pain, disability, and ankle dorsiflexion. However, Group-B showed more significant results with mean differences of 1.80±2.22 and 4.1±6.7 (p<0.05) for pain and disability, respectively. A similar result was observed for ankle dorsiflexion in which a mean difference of 0.95±1.08 in the left and 1.25±1.12 in the right ankle was observed. ConclusionBoth treatment programs are highly effective in reducing pain, reducing disability, and improving ankle joint ROM. However, petrissage massage and deep heating were superior to superficial heat with static stretching for females with chronic heel pain.   DOI: https: //doi. Org/10.59564/amrj/01.01/006

Synthesis of Polymer Nanomaterials and Their Analytical Applications

The preparation and properties of polymers are related to the conditions of synthesis and processing. The structural properties can easily be customized by strictly controlling such conditions. On the other hand, slight variation in some conditions may cause drastic variations in the characteristics of structure, and consequently properties. These conditions are the precursor concentrations, catalyst, time and temperature of curing. Herein we report facile and convenient syntheses of polymers with/without using surfactants and with/without using base or acid as a catalyst at low temperature. Polymers derived from 3-Aminophenol and formaldehyde, furfural alcohol was also used for the syntheses of polymers. These polymers were characterized by different techniques like SEM, EDX, XPS, TGA, FTIR, and Raman spectroscopy. These polymer spheres were converted into carbon spheres which show promising properties for supercapacitors. Later on these nano materials were used for the electrochemical detection of nitrite via cyclic voltammetry and Amperometry with the help of surface modified and carbon paste electrodes. These electrodes are highly selective and sensitive for estimation of nitrite. In addition to electrochemical, fluorogenic sensing of nitrite was also done which was also highly sensitive and selective towards nitrite.