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KMID : 1147520170100010023
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Korean Academy of Basic Medicine & Health Science
2017 Volume.10 No. 1 p.23 ~ p.27
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The Importance of the Iliopsoas Muscle in True Leg-Length Discrepancy: A Pilot Study
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Yoon Sung-Kwang
Yong Joon-Hyoung
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Abstract
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Leg-Length Discrepancy (LLD) originates as compensation for bad posture and muscle weakness. LLD is best know to the public as a symptom that occurs in athletes. Unfortunately, the standard of clinical interventions remains limited. Patients with LLD develop compensatory mechanisms to minimize functional problems caused by the LLD. However this results in kinematic alterations in the lower limbs and pelvis which cause abnormal adaptation. This abnormal adaptation causes pain or injury in muscle and soft tissue thus creating an abnormal gait or unbalancing of the body. The purpose of this study was to identify the iliopsoas muscle’s relationship with LLD regarding Trigger Point Pressure Release Technique (TPPRT). Paired t-test was used to analyse the effects of TPPRT in the LLD group. After conducting the Trigger Point Pressure Release Technique as a form of physical therapy intervention, it was found that in cases of LLD, there was a significant difference (p<0.05). The intervention of the TPPRT resulted in a decrease of the LLD. In this study it is shown that the trigger points of the iliopsoas muscle can produce an imbalanced body, resulting in LLD which causes low back pain. In addition, the study’s results demonstrate the potency of the curative effect of TPPRT
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KEYWORD
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Iliopsoas, Leg-length discrepancy, Trigger point pressure release, Intervention
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