The study aims to determine and compare the effects of 8-week intrinsic foot muscle-strengthening exercises and lower extremity strengthening exercises in adolescents with pes planovalgus.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
36
This group will engage in an 8-week foot intrinsic strengthening training
This group will engage in an 8-week lower extremity strengthening training
Istanbul Kultur University
Bahçelievler, Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)
RECRUITINGFoot posture assesment
Foot Posture Index 6 and navicular drop will be used for assesing the foot pronation.
Time frame: Pre-intervention assesment and after 8-week
Foot muscle strentgh assesment
Toe muscle strength will be assessed through the utilization of a handheld dynamometer.
Time frame: Pre-intervention assesment and after 8-week
Performance and dynamic balance assesment
Front jump test and star excursion balance test will be performed by participants.
Time frame: Pre-intervention assesment and after 8-week
3D gait analysis
The kinetic/kinematic analysis of the foot and the lower extremity will be conducted using a motion capture system, specifically employing the Oxford Foot Model and the Plug-in Gait Model.
Time frame: Pre-intervention assesment and after 8-week
Functional assesment
The Oxford Ankle Foot Questionnaire for Children (OxAFQ-C) will be utilized for function-related aspect.
Time frame: Pre-intervention assesment and after 8-week
Quality of life assesment
Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) will be utilized for the assessment of participants' quality of life status.
Time frame: Pre-intervention assesment and after 8-week
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