Training Intrinsic Foot Muscles

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The foot intrinsic muscles are increasingly targeted in foot and ankle rehabilitation. The exercises are often difficult to learn initially. The purpose of the proposed study is to examine the effect training the intrinsic foot muscles on performance in selected physical and functional measures such as balance, plantar pressure during gait, vertical jump, and foot posture. In addition,the investigators will compare one group training with traditional exercise instruction methods and one group using an adjunctive modality (neuromuscular electric stimulation) during the introductory phases of exercise instruction. The investigators are interested in how this modality might affect physical and functional outcome measures and if it affects participants' frustration with learning a new exercise.

Clinical Trial Description

Arm 1: The purpose of this arm of the study is to determine if a 4-week trial of foot muscle exercises, instructed with passive, active-assisted, and active techniques, affect functional measures such as balance, plantar pressure during gait, and vertical jump. A frustration index will be employed to assess participant frustration with learning a new exercise. 15 will be enrolled in this arm of the study.

Arm 2: The purpose of this arm of the study is to determine if a 4-week trial of foot muscle exercises, instructed with neuromuscular electric stimulation (NMES) and active techniques, affect functional measures such as balance, plantar pressure during gait, and vertical jump. A frustration index will be employed to assess participant frustration with learning a new exercise.15 will be enrolled in this arm of the study.

Arm 3: This group will not engage in any training, but will serve as a comparator for the two intervention arms. ;

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Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT03670563
Study type	Interventional
Source	St. Louis University
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Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	October 10, 2018
Completion date	April 5, 2019

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