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Corrective Exercises With Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation In Children With Flexible Flatfeet

NCT04410926 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 66

Last updated 2022-10-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

flexible flatfoot is a common foot misalignment in children. various treatment procedures are used to correct or to avoid future complain among adults and pediatric population.

Conditions

  • Sports Physical Therapy

Interventions

OTHER

Corrective exercises

The experimental and control groups performed a designed strengthening exercises included short-foot exercise, toes-spread-out exercise, toes-extension exercise and toe-curls for 60 minutes

OTHER

Neuromuscular electrical stimulation

The experimental group received NMES aiming to reinforce the planter intrinsic foot muscles for 30 minutes. The surface electrodes were placed over the abductor halluces. The control group received placebo NMES with no current stimulation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Cairo University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Emam H El-Negamy · Cairo University

  • Mahmoud A Mahran · Ain shams university, Egypt

  • Asmaa T Ramadan · Cairo university, Egypt

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-09-01
Primary Completion
2019-12-31
Completion
2019-12-31

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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