Effects of combined exercises and short foot exercise with isometric hip abduction on navicular drop and postural control in individuals with pes planus

Determining the effect of combined exercises and short foot exercises with isometric hip abduction on navicular drop and postural control in patients with flat feet

Clinical trial without control group, with parallel, single-blind, randomized. Randlist software will be used for randomization.

The exercises will be done in Arak University and the study groups will do their respective exercises daily for six weeks. Three sessions of supervised exercises and three sessions of home exercises will be done.

Inclusion criteria include: Age 18 to 28 years with body mass index of 18 to 25 kg per square meter, Navicular drop more than 10 mm without leg length difference of more than 1 centimeter, No lower limb or back injury in 6 months before the study. The absence of neurological diseases affecting balance and the dominant foot will be the right foot for all subjects. Exclusion criteria include: Any numbness or tingling, fracture, dislocation, skin disease on the sole of the foot or vascular disease, lower limb arthritis, nerve dysfunction, lower limb injury, history of hip and ankle surgery, use of orthotics, and leg length difference. From 1centimeter .

Short foot exercis group with isometric hip abduction: Subjects will perform sensory motor training of short foot simultaneously with isometric hip cont raction (with the help of Traband). Short foot exercis group: They will perform short-foot sensory motor training. Combination Exercise Group: They will do a series of strengthening, stretching and balance exercises.

Navicular drop; Posture control

Due to the time-consuming process of review, our initial estimated date for starting the work is before the trial registration date in the system. (The estimated date is September 10, 2022, and the review was completed on September 28, 2022). Unfortunately, neither we nor the honorable referee noticed this inadvertent error, so please correct the date to September 30 if possible. With respect

The randomization method is parallel. The randomization unit is individual. Randlist software is used to randomly assign subjects to study groups. Randomization was done in the software as follows: At first, the number of subjects and groups is given to the software, then a code is assigned to each subject by this software. Finally a group is randomly assigned to each code by the software.

The data analyser will not be aware of the group classification. The information of the groups will be provided to the data analyst in the form of number 1, 2 and 3 and for each participant with a code.