Impact of physical therapy program versus foot insole in children with flatfoot /
تأثير برنامج العلاج الطبيعي مقابل جبيرة قوس القدم لحالات تسطح القدم لدى الأطفال
Asmaa Talaat Ramadan ; Supervised Emam Hassan Elnegmy , Mahmoud Ali Mahran , Amira Mahmoud Abdelmonem
- Cairo : Asmaa Talaat Ramadan , 2018
- 125 P. : charts, facsimiles ; 25cm
Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Growth and Development Disorders in Pediatrics
Background: The medial longitudinal arch is very important in maintaining the foot posture and is the most important reference in determining the degree of pes planus and pes cavus. Aim: To compare between the impact of physical therapy program and foot insoles in children with flatfoot. Materials and methods: Thirty typically developing children with flexible flatfoot from both genders with age ranged from seven to twelve years participated in this study. They were allocated from governmental Egyptian schools. They were assigned randomly into two groups of equal numbers, exercise and insole groups. Children in the exercise group received a designed physical therapy program included therapeutic exercises and electrical stimulation for 90 minutes, three times/week for three successive months. Children in the insole group used Silicone insole, according to his/her foot size for six hours/six days accounting to the whole school days for three successive months. Navicular height, Stahelis arch index and radiological assessment were conducted before and after the suggested period of treatment