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Study aim
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Determining the effect of adding proprioception exercises to corrective exercises on foot posture, ankle proprioception, and balance in 9-12-year-old girls with flat feet and hallux valgus
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Design
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A clinical trial study, with simple random sampling, without blinding, on 42 participants
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Settings and conduct
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Evaluations will be done before and after the intervention.Exercises in the intervention groups will be held for 6 weeks, 3 sessions for one hour each week in the correctional center of Quds city. To detect flat foot from the navicular drop test, to detect the degree of hallux valgus from the goniometer, to determine the foot posture from the foot posture index test, to measure the proprioception of the foot from the goniometer and to evaluate Static balance will be used from the bass stick test and dynamic balance will be used from the modifi star test.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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The conditions of entry are:1)Girls 9 to 12 years old؛2)Has flexible flat foot and hallux valgus,3)Normal body mass index
The conditions of non-entry are:1)Non-participation of the subject in three consecutive session،2)causing pain during the research process،3)Orthopedic injury in the lower limb such as fracture,ankle sprain,tendon rupture,...
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Intervention groups
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Intervention group one (corrective exercises) The exercises of this group include short foot exercises, which is intervention group two (corrective exercises with proprioceptive exercises) In this group, in addition to the corrective exercises of intervention group one, proprioceptive exercises are also performed. It will be done first at a stable level and then at an unstable level. The control group will not do any type of intervention during the 6 weeks of interventions and will only participate in the pre-test and post-test.
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Main outcome variables
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Foot posture؛ Ankle proprioception and balance