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Foot Posture and Balance in Children With Flexible Flatfeet: Effects of Mud-walk

NCT07244172 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 37

Last updated 2025-11-24

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Summary

The study will be a quasi-experimental study with a pre-post study design. 37 children with bilateral flexible flatfeet of age 6-11 years will be recruited by non-probability convenience sampling with pre and post assessment. The navicular height, foot posture, balance and functional performance of lower limb will be assessed through Navicular Drop Test, Foot Posture Index-6, Pediatric Berg Balance Scale and Single Leg Hop Test respectively. All recruited children will receive intervention for 30 minutes a day for 3 days a week for total 6 weeks. The exercise program will include warm up phase, walk on mud and cool down phase. Data will be analyzed through SPSS version 27.0.

Conditions

  • Flexible Flatfoot

Interventions

OTHER

mud-walk

* The participants will walk on the mud within a rectangular boundary of "2 × 8 dimension" (2 feet by 8 feet) with 5 cm depth. * The exercise program will have 3 phases: warm up, walk on mud and cool down. * The warm up phase will consist of stretching of the hamstring muscles using the static technique. The main exercise phase will consist of 20 minutes of walk on mud in four manners with each manner for 5 minutes: 1. forward walk 2. back ward walk 3. sideways walk 4. S-shaped or figure-eight walk After 3 weeks, while walking in each manner the participants will pick up small objects (soft balls) with toes from mud and place them elsewhere. The cool down phase will consist of 5 minutes and will include * soaking feet in water * washing with soap * rinsing with clean water, * drying with towel * application of emollient

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Riphah International University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Saman Maqbool, MS-PT · Riphah International University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Years
Max Age
11 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-10-22
Primary Completion
2026-06-02
Completion
2026-06-16

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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