The Effects of Foot-Core Training on Muscle Activations, Walking, Balance and Lower Extremity Performance in Individuals With Pes Planus
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 26
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Evaluation of muscle activation
研究概览
简要总结
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.
详细描述
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.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 25 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Individuals who volunteer to participate in the study
- •Individuals between the ages of 18-25
- •Individuals with a body mass index between 18.5-
- •Individuals with a difference of 10 mm or more between weighted and unweighted measurements by applying the navicular drop test
- •Individuals who are considered to have flexible pes planus with a positive Jack's finger lift test
排除标准
- •Individuals with symptoms such as any pain in the foot and ankle, fatigue.
- •Individuals with any neurological or orthopedic disease affecting the lower extremity.
- •Individuals with a history of foot-ankle trauma-surgery
- •Individuals with lower extremity inequality of more than 1 centimeter (cm)
结局指标
主要结局
Evaluation of muscle activation
时间窗: Change from baseline muscle activation at 8 weeks
In our study, muscle activations of the tibialis anterior, peroneus longus and abductor hallucis muscles both during maximum isometric contraction and during walking will be evaluated by a trained and experienced researcher using the sEMG device.
次要结局
- Vertical jump, jump height(Just before the training and at the end of 8-week training)
- Gait speed(Just before the training and at the end of 8-week training)
- Vertical jump, flight time(Just before the training and at the end of 8-week training)
- Single support period time(Just before the training and at the end of 8-week training)
- Y balance test (YBT):(Just before the training and at the end of 8-week training)
- Acceleration(Just before the training and at the end of 8-week training)
- vertical jump, position difference(Just before the training and at the end of 8-week training)
- Ratio of step length to step height(Just before the training and at the end of 8-week training)
- Standing phase duration(Just before the training and at the end of 8-week training)
- Swing phase duration(Just before the training and at the end of 8-week training)
- Double support period duration(Just before the training and at the end of 8-week training)
- Vertical jump, power(Just before the training and at the end of 8-week training)
- Cadence(Just before the training and at the end of 8-week training)
- Step width(Just before the training and at the end of 8-week training)
研究者
Ertuğrul Demirdel
Assistant Professor
Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University