Pilates on Dynamic Balance in Flexible Flat Feet

NCT ID: NCT06539533

Last Updated: 2025-06-06

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 44 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-10-01
• Study Completion Date: 2025-05-01

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

Flexible Flatfoot

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Group A (Experimental group):22 subjects

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

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

pilates training

Intervention Type: OTHER

The Pilates that will be used in this study are articulating bridge, Hundreds, Plank , rolls up, one leg stretch, lift leg supine.

Group B (control group):22 subjects

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

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

pilates training

Intervention Type: OTHER

The Pilates that will be used in this study are articulating bridge, Hundreds, Plank , rolls up, one leg stretch, lift leg supine.

Interventions

pilates training

The Pilates that will be used in this study are articulating bridge, Hundreds, Plank , rolls up, one leg stretch, lift leg supine.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Other Intervention Names

short feet exercises

Eligibility Criteria

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

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 21 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Cairo University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Nora Mohamed Badran

professor of physical therapy basic science departement

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Faculty of Physical Therapy

Cairo, , Egypt

Countries

Egypt

Other Identifiers

P.T.REC/012/005435

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id