Abstract:
Wearing orthopedic shoes causes side effect in club foot pediatric patients i.e. pressure sores, which is a problem that causes physical discomfort to patients while using. The objectives of this research were 1) To design and develop orthopedic shoes to protect against pressure sores for club foot pediatric patients, 2) To test the effectiveness of orthopedic shoes in preventing pressure sores when worn for club foot pediatric patients and 3) To survey satisfaction of parents with club foot pediatric patients toward the orthopedic shoes developed by the researcher. This was done by conducting interviews with 9 parents of club foot pediatric foot patients for the information to be summarized for the development of orthopedic shoes by comparative testing between the original product and the one designed by the researcher from foot pressure measurement with pressure measuring instrument. Pressure sore from the products designed testing by the researcher were also conducted on 3 users.
From the research results, it was found that orthopedic shoes designed by the researcher based on the off-loading technique, balanced pressure directional design pressure from orthopedic shoes through a four-way strapping in the back of the foot and the second strap was designed to be for the ankle to average the pressure of wearing. The researcher designed the product based on the concept of "Together as one" by taking into account the creation of a new look to reduce the deep negative feelings by making the look of the shoe to imply hidden meaning with something else. From the pressure test, it was found that the results of the pressure from orthopedic shoes designed by the researchers was on the normal level of 2 out of 3 and the average was better than the original orthopedic shoes. This is consistent with the result of the tests on usage that found that wearing the orthopedic shoes designed by the researcher for an hour resulted in 1 red mark in only 1 sample, which is better than the original orthopedic shoes that were also tested and resulted in the red mark being in all 3 samples. The parent satisfaction toward the orthopedic shoes designed by the researcher was also in a very high level.