Efficacy of star excursion training on dynamic balance in flexible flat foot / Aya Abdelhady Ahmed Elerian ; Supervised Haytham Mohamed Elhafez , Amro Abduallah Azzam , Mayada Ashraf Mahmoud

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Basic Science

Flat feet or pes planus is a complex disorder with diversity of symptoms and various degrees of deformity that is caused by structural loading changes along the medial part of the feet and planter arches, when the arch starts collapsing, balance is disturbed at the feet, and therefore the balance throughout the entire body is also disturbed. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of star excursion training on balance in flexible flat feet. Methods: Thirty four subjects from both sex with age ranged from 18-21 years and BMI ranged from 18.5-25 kg/m2 bilateral flexible flat feet were participated in this study. They were assigned randomly and equally in two groups. Overall stability index 2OSI3, anteroposterior stability index 2AP-SI3, and mediolateral stability index 2ML-SI3 were measured pre and post treatment by Biodex Balance System at level 6 and 4; group A received star excursion training 3 sessions per week for 4 Weeks, 30 seconds rest, to perform the same exercises by changing the stance limb and the reaching limb and short feet exercise 3 min each day for 4 weeks, each repetition was held for 5 sec and repeated for up to 3 min approximately 30 repetitions, 45-second rest period after each 10 repetition group B received short feet exercise. Results: There was a significant difference between pre and post in group A at OSI, APSI and MLSI at level 6 and 4 in as p value equal 0.001 but there was no significant difference between pre and post measurements in group B as the p value was < 0.05

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