NCT04734899

Foot Core Training in Individuals With Pes Planus

The Effects of Foot-Core Training on Muscle Activations, Walking, Balance and Lower Extremity Performance in Individuals With Pes Planus

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 26 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 25 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Foot core training is very important for the intrinsic muscles of the foot, but it is often neglected in exercise programs given to individuals with pes planus. The aim of our study is to reveal the effects of foot core training, which will be added to the exercise program routinely given to individuals with asymptomatic flexible pes planus, on walking, muscular activations, balance and lower extremity functional performance with objective, evidence based results.

Detailed description

This study is a randomized controlled study and will be carried out on volunteer individuals with asymptomatic flexible pes planus aged between 18-25, studying at Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University. Persons meeting the inclusion criteria will be determined by the specialist physiotherapist. Surface electromyography (sEMG) measurements will be made by a doctorate physiotherapist. Other evaluations will be made by a specialist physiotherapist. Individuals who meet the inclusion criteria, who volunteered to participate in the study and signed the consent sheet will be randomly divided into two groups, the control group and the foot core group. Individuals with initial evaluations will be followed up in an exercise program planned for 8 weeks. The control group will be given exercises to strengthen the weakened muscles, stretch the shortened structures and increase proprioception. Foot core training will be given to the study group in addition to the exercises given to the control group. Before and after exercise, the subjects will be assessed with navicular height measurement, muscle activation evaluation, evaluation of walking parameters, functional lower extremity performance evaluation and balance evaluation.

Conditions

• Pes Planus

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Exercise program	Strengthening with resistance bands for tibialis posterior, tibialis anterior, peroneus longus, finger flexors, hip and knee muscles, sheet gathering exercises, fingertip walking exercises, Stretching exercises for gastrocnemius and soleus muscles, plantar fascia stretching, weight transfer on one leg
OTHER	Foot core training	Short foot exercises with passive modeling, active assisted modeling, active modeling, functional training

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-01-01
• Primary completion: 2021-07-01
• Completion: 2021-08-01
• First posted: 2021-02-02
• Last updated: 2021-02-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)