Flexible FlatfootNCT06539533
Pilates on Dynamic Balance in Flexible Flat Feet
A study testing pilates training in people with Flexible Flatfoot, run by Cairo University at 1 site in Egypt.
Trial summary
Flexible flatfoot is one of the most common types of flatfeet. It has an arch that is present in open kinetic chain and lost in closed kinetic chain Balance is defined as the process that maintains the center of gravity within the body's support base. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 to 21 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Flexible Flatfoot
- What is being tested?
- pilates training
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 44 participants
- Where
- 1 siteEgypt
- Study dates
- 1 Oct 2024to 1 May 2025
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 18 to 21 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult
Who may be able to join
- Subject's age ranged from 18-21 years old
- Subjects had bilateral pronated feet posture according to the Navicular Drop Test by Brody method: normal feet (between five and nine mm of navicular drop), a pronated foot (more than 10 mm of navicular drop)
- Body Mass Index (MBI) ranged from 18.5 to 25 kg/ m2
Who cannot join
- 1-Repeated lower extremity injuries as fractures or deformities. 2-History of surgery to the lower extremity. 3- Any neurological deficit affecting balance. 4-Any medication can affect the balance. 5- pregnant and breast feeding females
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Efficacy of Pilates Training on Dynamic Balance in Flexible Flat Feet
Flexible flatfoot is one of the most common types of flatfeet. It has an arch that is present in open kinetic chain and lost in closed kinetic chain Balance is defined as the process that maintains the center of gravity within the body's support base.
Pilates exercises is a whole body conditioning program which was initially used for managing low back pain and improving balance in elderly. Now-a-days it is used for posture correction and fitness training.
Read the detailed description
Individuals with flatfeet are more unstable when compared with normal individuals during quiet standing. About 10% to 25% of population exhibits a flat foot to varying degrees. In clinical practice, some subjects become symptomatic with feet pain or lower extremity soreness and limitation in their functional activities such as limitation of long-distance walking or running and high-impact sports.Patients with flexible flat feet have poorer static and dynamic balance than healthy individuals. Taking into consideration effect of flat feet on body alignment, the implication of flat feet on balance have received little attention to date Pilates is an individual body-based exercise, it has an advantage in that exercise load can be controlled according to the body's center of balance.Pilates based exercise works on the principles of trunk stability, also known as "core stability". "Core is described as a box, with the abdominals (transversus) in front, paraspinals (multifidus) in back, diaphragm in top and pelvic floor at the bottom". Pilates is a popular form of exercise training program which includes series of stretching and strengthening exercises with proper trunk control and breathing.
- Conditions
- Flexible Flatfoot
- Being tested
- pilates training
- Medical subject headings
- Flatfoot
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
pilates trainingOther
Also called short feet exercises
The Pilates that will be used in this study are articulating bridge, Hundreds, Plank , rolls up, one leg stretch, lift leg supine.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Group A (Experimental group):22 subjects | Experimental | 22 subjects will receive Pilates training. twice a week for 5 consecutive weeks, with The duration of Pilates is 30 minutes. 10 repetitions for each exercise with 10 seconds of rest between each Pilates.And short feet exercises daily 3 minutes per time, for a total of five weeks Receives: Other: pilates training |
| Group B (control group):22 subjects | Active comparator | 22 subjects will receive short feet exercise daily 3 minutes per time for a total of five weeks. Receives: Other: pilates training |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
dynamic balance
is the ability to remain standing and stable while performing movements or actions that require displacing or moving oneself. In this way, each time that we take a step in any direction, we will be testing this type of balance. And, of course, the ability to walk requires its continuous use.
Balance check 636 device (Dr Wolff, Arnsberg, Germany)for assessment of dynamic balance in each subject individually
Measured: 6months
Secondary outcomes (1)
quialty of life
sense of wellbeing embracing the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual state. • Foot function index Questionnaire (FFI) for quality of life assessment.
Measured: 6months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted6 Aug 2024
- Study start1 Oct 2024
- Primary completion1 Mar 2025
- Study completion1 May 2025
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Flexible FlatfootStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Cairo UniversityThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Participant
- Enrolment
- 44 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Cairo University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Nora Mohamed Badran, Cairo University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06539533
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- P.T.REC/012/005435
- Status last verified
- Jun 2025
- First submitted
- 28 Jul 2024
- Last updated
- 6 Jun 2025
- Results posted
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 6 Jun 2025. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Efficacy of Pilates Training on Dynamic Balance in Flexible Flat Feet
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06539533
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- P.T.REC/012/005435
- Conditions
- Flexible Flatfoot
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 44 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Cairo UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 1 Oct 2024 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 1 Mar 2025 (actual)
- Study completion
- 1 May 2025 (actual)
- First posted
- 6 Aug 2024 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Flexible flatfoot is one of the most common types of flatfeet. It has an arch that is present in open kinetic chain and lost in closed kinetic chain Balance is defined as the process that maintains the center of gravity within the body's support base.
Pilates exercises is a whole body conditioning program which was initially used for managing low back pain and improving balance in elderly. Now-a-days it is used for posture correction and fitness training.
Detailed description
Individuals with flatfeet are more unstable when compared with normal individuals during quiet standing. About 10% to 25% of population exhibits a flat foot to varying degrees. In clinical practice, some subjects become symptomatic with feet pain or lower extremity soreness and limitation in their functional activities such as limitation of long-distance walking or running and high-impact sports.Patients with flexible flat feet have poorer static and dynamic balance than healthy individuals. Taking into consideration effect of flat feet on body alignment, the implication of flat feet on balance have received little attention to date Pilates is an individual body-based exercise, it has an advantage in that exercise load can be controlled according to the body's center of balance.Pilates based exercise works on the principles of trunk stability, also known as "core stability". "Core is described as a box, with the abdominals (transversus) in front, paraspinals (multifidus) in back, diaphragm in top and pelvic floor at the bottom". Pilates is a popular form of exercise training program which includes series of stretching and strengthening exercises with proper trunk control and breathing.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (participant)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Group A (Experimental group):22 subjects | Experimental | Other: pilates training22 subjects will receive Pilates training. twice a week for 5 consecutive weeks, with The duration of Pilates is 30 minutes. 10 repetitions for each exercise with 10 seconds of rest between each Pilates.And short feet exercises daily 3 minutes per time, for a total of five weeks |
| Group B (control group):22 subjects | Active comparator | Other: pilates training22 subjects will receive short feet exercise daily 3 minutes per time for a total of five weeks. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 to 21 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- Subject's age ranged from 18-21 years old
- Subjects had bilateral pronated feet posture according to the Navicular Drop Test by Brody method: normal feet (between five and nine mm of navicular drop), a pronated foot (more than 10 mm of navicular drop)
- Body Mass Index (MBI) ranged from 18.5 to 25 kg/ m2
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- 1-Repeated lower extremity injuries as fractures or deformities. 2-History of surgery to the lower extremity. 3- Any neurological deficit affecting balance. 4-Any medication can affect the balance. 5- pregnant and breast feeding females
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| pilates trainingAlso: short feet exercisesThe Pilates that will be used in this study are articulating bridge, Hundreds, Plank , rolls up, one leg stretch, lift leg supine. | Other | Group A (Experimental group):22 subjects, Group B (control group):22 subjects |
Primary outcome
dynamic balance
Time frame: 6months
is the ability to remain standing and stable while performing movements or actions that require displacing or moving oneself. In this way, each time that we take a step in any direction, we will be testing this type of balance. And, of course, the ability to walk requires its continuous use. Balance check 636 device (Dr Wolff, Arnsberg, Germany)for assessment of dynamic balance in each subject individually
1 secondary outcome
quialty of life
Time frame: 6months
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 6 Jun 2025.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing pilates training in people with Flexible Flatfoot, run by Cairo University at 1 site in Egypt.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 6 Jun 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Egypt. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
dynamic balance (time frame: 6months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 6 Jun 2025.