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

Status: Recruiting
Location: See location...
Intervention Type: Other
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
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.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 6
Maximum Age: 11
Healthy Volunteers: f
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• Children with bilateral flexible flat feet

• Children aged 6-11 years

• Children who are not involved in any other trial

• FPI-6 score \>6

Locations
Other Locations
Pakistan
Imran Amjad
RECRUITING
Lahore
Contact Information
Primary
IMRAN AMJAD, PhD
imran.amjad@riphah.edu.pk
9233224390125
Backup
Muhammad Asif Javed, MS-PT
a.javed@riphah.edu.pk
923224209422
Time Frame
Start Date: 2025-10-22
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-06-16
Participants
Target number of participants: 37
Treatments
Other: Mud training
The children will walk on 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 program will include walk on mud in four manners and progression will be added after 3 weeks.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Riphah International University

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