Effect of the foot caring for improvement of the toe function in the elderly person's posture control

本研究的目的是验证作为姿势维持功能的护理治疗而进行足部护理的老年人的脚趾功能的改善效果。在入住疗养院的老年人中，需要足部护理的足部状态主要是甲癣增厚，优先护理是剃指甲。几乎所有老年人的足部都有一定的病变，足部护理处于需要的状态。此外，许多老年人的日常生活活动需要照顾。当使用疗养院对老年人进行12个月的足部护理时，有少数老年人的SCIO评分在三个月内有所改善。然而，截至12个月，虽然一些老年人的SCIO评分有所提高，但另一些老年人的SCIO评分却恶化了。无论是姿势还是活动功能都无法检查与足部状态变化的关系。

The purpose of this study is to verify the effect to improvement of the toe function in the elderly person by whom foot care is carried out as nursing treatment for the posture maintenance function.In the elderly persons using a nursing home, the state of the foot which needs foot care was the onchomycosis which mainly became thick, and preferential care was nail shaving. Almost all elderly persons' foot had a certain pathological change, and foot care was in the required state. Furthermore, many of elderly persons needed the care to activities of daily living. When the foot care for 12 months was carried out to the elderly person using a nursing home, there were a few elderly persons whom the SCIO score has improved as of three months. However, as of 12 months, although some elderly person's SCIO score has improved, some other elderly person got worse. The relation with change of a foot state was able to be checked in neither a posture nor an activity function.