2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Effects of the foot care for the function of standing/walking and the posture control in the elderly

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20592486
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Fundamental nursing
Research Institution	Kyoto University
Principal Investigator	HONDA Ikumi Kyoto University, 医学研究科, 准教授 (30273204)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	EGAWA Takako 関西看護医療大学, 看護学部, 教授 (40193990)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Keywords	フットケア / 看護技術 / 高齢者 / 歩行機能 / 姿勢制御
Research Abstract	The purpose of this study is to verify the effect to prevent of falls for the elderly which offer of the foot care as nursing treatment for the posture maintenance function. The onychomycosis condition in the SCIO scores has improved it as a result of offering the healthy elderly persons the foot care for three months and six months. These findings suggested that foot care affects the standing position of elderly persons with onychomycosis as well as that of those with tylositas in sole. However, it was difficult to maintain the condition of the foot only by self care after intervention. In the elderly persons in facility, neither the standing function nor the posture control have changed though the state of the onychomycosis was improved.