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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">3901</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2021.131435</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>A Comparative Study of Two Manual Technique on Triceps Surae Muscle Flexibility in Working Females Wearing High Heels&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>H</surname><given-names>Ahmed</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>R</surname><given-names>Alqhtani</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>A</surname><given-names/></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Y</surname><given-names>Mughal M</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>R</surname><given-names>Khan A</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>20</day><month>07</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>4)</volume><issue/><fpage>28</fpage><lpage>34</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Objective: This study aimed to observe the influence of two manual techniques in improving the flexibility of the triceps surae muscle in working females wearing high heels. Methods: This study is based on a pretest-posttest experimental control group design, which included forty-five working females wearing high heels. All the participants were assigned randomly into three groups A, B and C. Group A received a hot pack treatment for 20 minutes followed by a Muscle Energy Technique (MET) which was repeated four times (10-second contraction, 5-second relaxation). Group B received a hot pack intervention for 20 minutes followed by static stretching which was repeated five times (30-second hold, 15-second rest between each repetition). Group C received only a hot pack intervention for 20 minutes. Active ankle dorsiflexion range of motion (ADFROM) on day 1 pre-intervention (baseline) and post-intervention on Day 1, 3, 5 and 8 was taken as an outcome measure. Results: For the variable ADFROM, the data analysis showed insignificant differences (p0.05) against control group C, though an insignificant difference (p__ampersandsignlt;0.05) between them at Day 5 post-intervention and the Day 8 follow-up, respectively. Conclusion: This study concluded that both manual techniques are equally effective in improving the flexibility of the triceps surae muscle in working females wearing high heels.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd> Flexibility</kwd><kwd> Muscle Energy Technique</kwd><kwd> Static stretching</kwd><kwd> Triceps surae muscle. Footwear</kwd><kwd> Manual therapy</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
