ES1078096U - Plant support for flamenco dance (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Plant support for flamenco dance, characterized by being designed for use in male and female flamenco dance, applicable to footwear from other disciplines, such as footwear for indoor dance, and high-heeled footwear, whose materials used, design and methodology of adaptation in your case, decrease the impact on the metatarsal area and provide stability and comfort to the foot. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

Title

Plantar stand for flamenco dance

Object of the invention

The object of the present invention, belonging to the orthopodology sector, and footwear industry, is a plantar support designed to measure and / or standardizable, for the practice of female and male flamenco dance, which provides a specific adaptation for its characteristics to the functions and needs of the foot.

State of the art

Flamenco dance requires musculoskeletal demands comparable to those of any high performance sports discipline (Calvo JB. Dance medicine. 1988: 35. Vargas A. Flamenco dance: Descriptive, biomechanical and physical condition study. 2005: 235-237). In addition, we must bear in mind that the foot is the musical instrument and the main element of artistic creation, with which we can get an idea of the importance of the use of specific plantar supports (templates) that respond to the needs and particularities of this discipline Dancing Specific element that until now had not been designed applied to this end. Recently, the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health has published the article: Occupational health in flamenco art. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Technical Note of Prevention-756. De Nogareda S, Salas C and Parra JM. In this publication, the high-risk collective flamenco artistic collective is declared.

The amount of zapateados per minute in a 6-minute dance is 1400 (Vargas A. 2005), which implies the generation of impact peaks that can influence the osteo-articular and musculoskeletal structures of the lower limb and Feet (Bejjanni FJ, Halpem N, Pio A, Dominguez R, et al. Musculoskeletal Demands on Flamenco Dancer: A Clinical and Biomechanical Study. 1988: 252-63. Calvo JB, Gómez Pellizco. Flamenco Dance Injuries. The Spanish Experience. 2000 ). In relation to this, it should be noted that, according to the data we have obtained in a recent study on a sample of 44 professional bailaoras, more than 71% of the bailaoras suffer pain in the feet, during or after the activity. 85.2% of the population have metatarsal overloads in the feet. And 76.8% of the sample presents digit-metatarsal deformities (Podiatric repercussions of female flamenco dancing. Utility of the latest generation materials in impact absorption. University of Seville, Andalusian Flamenco Agency. 2010). Many of

they related to problems with hyper-pressure in the metatarsal area (HA V, digital claws, etc.). Hence the need to associate specific footwear with a suitable capacity for impact absorption and thermo-adaptable characteristics, which can balance the development of plantar pressures and reduce metatarsal overloads.

Serial templates with similar characteristics used in other areas exist, especially in sports shoes, but not specifically for flamenco dancing or with this structure. The materials used in its manufacture are Roval foam®, polyethylene foam (or any other brand with similar characteristics), of at least 2mm. of medium density, as a complete cover in contact with the plantar surface (element A), which due to its characteristics, with its own use is depressed in those plantar support areas that receive greater load, directly achieves a selective discharge effect of overloaded areas , matching plantar pressure. Retrocapital resin, 1.5 mm Ortoresin®. (or any other brand with similar characteristics), base of the plantar support (element B). Reinforcement of the same U-shaped material (element C), located on the sides and heel of the insole to the retrocapital line, and 1.5mm Shockicel®. (or any other brand with similar characteristics) as a metatarsal band (element D), located in the support area of the metatarsal heads, element to absorb and reduce the pressures generated with the impact of the foot against the ground in the Flamenco zapateado. These materials, known, have long been used in the field of orthopodology, especially for the treatment of metatarsal overloads, plantar helomas and hardnesses (hyperkeratosis), especially sports orthopedics. The applicability and results of the implanted prototypes, in relation to the comfort it provides and the ability to reduce metatarsal overload, have been proven in a sample of professional bailaoras in a study carried out with the collaboration of the Andalusian Board "Podiatric repercussions of female flamenco dance. Utility of the latest generation materials in impact absorption "(cited above).

The template or plantar support is designed according to the standard numerical patterns, and can be molded to the foot in the event that the subject presents some biomechanical problem in the foot (cavos feet, planes, hyperpronator feet, varos etc.) and needs orthopodological compensation, through the technique of direct molding at the foot (with some modifications that we provide so that it adapts to the needs and particularities of the sporting gesture of flamenco dance). In case the subject does not present podiatric alterations it can be used without adapting to the foot.

The plantar support for flamenco dance, can be used in association with female or male flamenco dance. Its application is extensible to other dances and other footwear. Due to its reduced thickness, it can also be applied to women's high-heeled footwear, especially if the footwear has a removable inner palm.

5 Documentary Sources: -Bejjanni FJ, Halpem N, Pio A, Domínguez R, et al. Musculoske / etal Demands on Flamenco Dancer: A Clinical and Biomechanical Study. Foot Ankle 1988; 8 (5): 252-63. -Calvo JB. The medicine of dance. JANO. 1988; 35 (838): 94. -Calvo JB, Gómez Pellizco. Flamenco Dance Injuries. The Spanish Exp erien ce. 2000

10-Castillo JM et al. Podiatric pathologies in the professional flamenco dancer. Scientific Poster 41 National Congress of Podiatry: Gijón; 2010. -Castillo JM, Pérez J, Algaba C. Preliminary study. Most frequent digital pathologies at the foot of the flamenco dancer. Magazine of the Telethusa Flamenco Research Center. 3 (3); 2010: 15-19.

15 -Nogareda S. Rooms C Parra JM. Occupational health in flamenco art. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Technical Note of Prevention-756. -Quer A, Pérez E. El Pie in Flamenco. The Peu 2004; 24 (1): 8-14. -Vargas A. Flamenco dance: Descriptive, biomechanical and physical condition study. [Doctoral Thesis]. Cádiz: University of Cádiz; 2005

20 -Castillo JM et al. Podiatric repercussions of female flamenco dancing. Utility of the latest generation materials in impact absorption. University of Seville-Andalusian Agency of Flamenco; 2011

Description of the figures

25 -Figure 1: Plantar vision of the elements of the plantar support for flamenco dance (template for left foot) composed of;

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Element A; cover in contact with the entire plantar surface.

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Element B; plantar support reinforcement.

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Element C; U-shaped, which reinforces the plantar support at the posterior, medial and lateral levels.

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Element D; element of impact absorption and cushioning of the workforce in the forefoot plantar area

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Figure 2: Plantar view of the joined elements (for left foot).

Description of the invention

It presents a plantar support designed to measure and / or standardizable, for the practice of female and male flamenco dance, also adaptable to flamenco dance shoes, as well as other dances and heels, which provides a specific adaptation of their characteristics to the functions and needs of this dance discipline and the foot. The adaptation process if the subject presents podiatric alterations, by direct technique to the foot, and the characteristics of the materials (thermoformable materials, resistant and with great capacity for absorbing impact), make these plantar supports especially suitable for flamenco. In its design and preparation we have encountered the following problems:

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The small space that we have inside the footwear.

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The heel, which determines a certain angulation of the footwear with respect to the ground, and therefore a situation of imbalance of the foot and the same insole.

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The incongruity between the morphology of the foot and the footwear in some cases.

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The rigidity, hardness and lack of cushioning of the areas destined for impact.

These difficulties are overcome thanks to the adaptation of new technologies in the field of orthopodology, in the molding, design and preparation of plantar supports. The use of materials of a minimum thickness with the best performance in terms of comfort and impact absorption capacity. It is evident the relevance that this specific plantar support can have, in the field of foot health, in therapeutics and in the prevention of deformities, and in the strictly professional and artistic field, in the performance of the dancer or dancer.

The plantar support for flamenco dance, is designed for use in male and female flamenco dance, and can be applied to other footwear of other disciplines, such as ballroom dance shoes, and heels. The materials used, their design, and adaptation methodology, where appropriate, reduce the impact on the metatarsal area and provide stability and comfort to the foot.

Element A, in contact with the entire plantar surface as a cover, is made of polyethylene foam, between 10 and 40 Shore-A hardness and at least 2 mm. thick This element is attached to the base (element B) with contact glue or by thermal fusion and contact glue. Its characteristic of adaptation to metatarsal support, by use and / or heat, allows it to have a selective and balanced discharge effect of the plantar support in the forefoot.

Element B (plantar support reinforcement), made of resins or technical foams for use in orthopodology, of at least 1.5 mm, occupies the rearfoot and half foot area up to the Gusto retrocapital line behind the metatarsal joint support -phalangeal). It is the base element of the template, the reinforcement, which due to its characteristics of thermo-adaptation to temperature tolerable for man and resistance, allows adaptation to the morphology and biomechanical corrections required by the foot, by the podiatrist, in If the subject has biomechanical changes in the feet. On it the element A will be glued dorsally or higher, and at the plant level the element e.

Element e, of the same resin material or technical foams for use in orthopodology at least 1.5 mm, serves as a reinforcement for the plantar support. U-shaped reinforces the template at the posterior, medial and lateral levels.

Element D, made of a stainless steel and plastic material used in orthopodology or materials of similar composition of at least 1.5 mm., Is placed glued under the cover on the support of the metatarsal heads and fingers, progressively decreasing in thickness , from the retrocapital line to the distal limit of the plantar support. As a metatarsal band, it is the element of impact absorption and damping that the template in the plantar forefoot area (metatarsal and fingers).

Embodiment of the invention

The plantar support will be the result of the union of the different elements, by contact glue, thermo-fusion or any other method.

In the event that the subject requires orthopedic compensation, for presenting some biomechanical alteration in the feet (cavos feet, planes, valgus, varus, etc.), the plantar support can adapt to the foot and make the appropriate corrections through the live adaptation method (method known in the field of orthopodology) with the following modifications and methodological possibilities:

1. Adaptation and assembly of the different elements of the plantar support:

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Once exposed element B to a source of heat, in time and temperature specified by the manufacturer, according to its characteristics of thermo-adaptation, made this element with a resin applied in orthopodology for live adaptation, and prior placement on the foot of a cotton sock to avoid a harmful temperature for the skin, it is molded and adapted to the foot manually, using a standard plastic bag of small dimensions and specific gloves for this purpose. Taking into account that it is the reinforcement of the plantar support and that it occupies from the heel to the retrocapital line. It is advised that to provide greater stability, medially and especially laterally, this element discreetly picks up the foot, as appropriate.

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Timely corrections are applied (according to the podiatrist's criteria). Before element B has cooled and hardened completely, that is to say, even with sufficient temperature to admit small modifications, the foot and the plantar support covered by the plastic bag are introduced into the footwear and the subject is asked to perform a series of specific gestures of flamenco dance, or where appropriate the specific dance discipline. This ensures a better adaptation of the plantar support to the functional needs of the subject. In the same way, this methodology can be replaced by the classical methodology for adapting thermo-adaptable templates in vacuum.

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Once the material has cooled, when necessary due to space issues or to improve the comfort and podiatric health of the subject, the final polishing of the plantar support is performed. The podiatrist can polish certain areas of the template, reinforcement or discharge elements, according to their criteria and attending to the subject's podiatry problem, in its final finish.

2-Adaptation of the complete plantar support:

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the different elements are joined by hot melt and contact glue, or only with contact glue, and, once exposed to a source of heat long enough, it is manually adapted to the foot. Subsequently, but before it cooled completely, it is introduced into the footwear along with the foot, covered by a plastic bag. Finishing adapting to the zapateado gesture, or specific gesture of the dance discipline. Once fully adapted and cooled, the final polishing of the template is carried out (previously mentioned). The process of adaptation to the foot can be carried out by helping us with the specific live adaptation equipment for templates, but it is not necessary.

In the event that the subject does not have biomechanical alterations, the plantar support can be used directly on unmodified footwear. The characteristics of elements A and D themselves will decrease metatarsal overloads and substantially improve the capacity of damping in the forefoot with the use itself. The adaptation of the element To the characteristics of the metatarsal support of the subject, that is to say depression of the material at those points where there is greater load, can be accelerated if it is exposed a few seconds to a source of moderate and tolerable heat by the skin (for example a hair dryer in heat function) and then the subject walks and / or performs a specific sporting gesture (zapateado or any other).

Claims (2)

 Claims 1 -Plantar support for flamenco dance, characterized by being designed for use in male and female flamenco dance, applicable to footwear of other disciplines, such as ballroom dance shoes, and heels, whose materials used, design and methodology of adaptation where appropriate, reduce the impact on the metatarsal area and provide stability and comfort to the foot. 2 -Plantar support for flamenco dance, according to claim 1 characterized by being composed of four elements;

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an element A, in contact with the entire plantar surface as a cover, preferably made of polyethylene foam between 10 and 40 ShoreA hardness and at least 2 mm thick.

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an element B or reinforcement of the plantar support, made of resins or technical foams for use in orthopodology of at least 1.5 mm. , which occupies the rearfoot and midfoot area to the retrocapital line.

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an element "U" shaped, which reinforces the plantar support at a posterior, medial and lateral level, composed of resins or technical foams for use in orthopodology of at least 1.5 mm.

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an element D, made of a stainless steel and plastic material for use in orthopedics or materials of similar composition of at least 1.5 mm., glued under the cover on the support of the metatarsal heads and fingers, progressively decreasing in thickness, from the retrocapital line to the distal limit of the plantar support. As a metatarsal band, it is the element of impact absorption and cushioning of the workforce in the plantar forefoot area (metatarsus and fingers).

3 - Plantar support for flamenco dance, according to claim 2, characterized in that element A joins the base or plantar support with contact tail or by thermo-fusion, allowing adaptation to metatarsal support, by use and / or heat, achieving a selective and balanced discharge effect of the plantar support in forefoot. 4 .-- Plantar support for flamenco dance, according to claim 2, characterized in that the base element of the template that acts as a reinforcement, has thermo-adaptation characteristics tolerable to man temperature and resistance that allows adaptation to morphology and biomechanical corrections that the foot requires. On it, element A will be glued dorsally or higher, and element C will be planted.