Foot Positions Affect Basketball Players With Flatfoot

Beni-Suef University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Balance

EMG

Proprioception

Jumping Performance

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06948812

BNS2

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study investigated the effect of various initial foot positions on knee and ankle proprioception, balance, dynamic balance, vertical jump, and electromyographical muscle activity in basketball players with FF.

Full description

Objective: To investigate the effect of various initial foot positions on knee and ankle proprioception, balance, dynamic balance, vertical jump, and electromyographical muscle activity in basketball players with FF.

Methods: Eighty-four basketball players with chronic ankle instability were distributed to three groups (28 with flexible FF, 28 with rigid FF, and 28 without FF). The outcome measures will include static and dynamic balance, knee and ankle proprioception, vertical jump, and electromyography (EMG) of ankle muscles (including gastrocnemius (GE), soleus (SOL), tibialis anterior (TA), and peroneus longus (PL) muscles)

Enrollment

84 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 24 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

The presence of flatfoot in the dominant leg.
The presence of chonic ankle instability

Exclusion criteria

The exclusion criteria were the existence of limited hallux dorsiflexion
previous hip, pelvis, knee, or foot surgeries within the last year; obesity or pregnancy; leg-length discrepancies;
Had any vestibular disorder neurological disorder, brain concussion within the last 3 months that may cause balance impairment; or administering any drugs that could disturb alertness or balance