Pilates on Dynamic Balance in Flexible Flat Feet

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Flexible Flatfoot

Treatments: Other: pilates training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06539533

P.T.REC/012/005435

Details and patient eligibility

About

Flexible flatfoot is one of the most common types of flatfeet. It has an arch that is present in open kinetic chain and lost in closed kinetic chain Balance is defined as the process that maintains the center of gravity within the body's support base.

Pilates exercises is a whole body conditioning program which was initially used for managing low back pain and improving balance in elderly. Now-a-days it is used for posture correction and fitness training.

Full description

Individuals with flatfeet are more unstable when compared with normal individuals during quiet standing. About 10% to 25% of population exhibits a flat foot to varying degrees. In clinical practice, some subjects become symptomatic with feet pain or lower extremity soreness and limitation in their functional activities such as limitation of long-distance walking or running and high-impact sports.Patients with flexible flat feet have poorer static and dynamic balance than healthy individuals. Taking into consideration effect of flat feet on body alignment, the implication of flat feet on balance have received little attention to date Pilates is an individual body-based exercise, it has an advantage in that exercise load can be controlled according to the body's center of balance.Pilates based exercise works on the principles of trunk stability, also known as "core stability". "Core is described as a box, with the abdominals (transversus) in front, paraspinals (multifidus) in back, diaphragm in top and pelvic floor at the bottom". Pilates is a popular form of exercise training program which includes series of stretching and strengthening exercises with proper trunk control and breathing.

Enrollment: 44 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 21 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Subject's age ranged from 18-21 years old
2. Subjects had bilateral pronated feet posture according to the Navicular Drop Test by Brody method: normal feet (between five and nine mm of navicular drop), a pronated foot (more than 10 mm of navicular drop)
3. Body Mass Index (MBI) ranged from 18.5 to 25 kg/ m2

Exclusion criteria

• 1-Repeated lower extremity injuries as fractures or deformities. 2-History of surgery to the lower extremity. 3- Any neurological deficit affecting balance. 4-Any medication can affect the balance. 5- pregnant and breast feeding females

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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44 participants in 2 patient groups

Group A (Experimental group):22 subjects

Experimental group

Description:

22 subjects will receive Pilates training. twice a week for 5 consecutive weeks, with The duration of Pilates is 30 minutes. 10 repetitions for each exercise with 10 seconds of rest between each Pilates.And short feet exercises daily 3 minutes per time, for a total of five weeks

Treatment:

Other: pilates training

Group B (control group):22 subjects

Active Comparator group

Description:

22 subjects will receive short feet exercise daily 3 minutes per time for a total of five weeks.

Treatment:

Other: pilates training