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Short-foot exercises are often recommended to strengthen intrinsic foot muscles and to prevent excessive decrease of medial longitudinal arch height.<jats:italic><jats:bold>Objective<\/jats:bold>:<\/jats:italic>To investigate the effects of short-foot exercises on navicular drop, foot posture, pain, disability, and plantar pressures in pes planus.<jats:italic><jats:bold>Design<\/jats:bold>:<\/jats:italic>Quasi-experimental study.<jats:italic><jats:bold>Setting<\/jats:bold>:<\/jats:italic>Biomechanics laboratory.<jats:italic><jats:bold>Participants<\/jats:bold>:<\/jats:italic>A total of 41 participants with pes planus were assigned to the short-foot exercises group (n\u2009=\u200921) or the control group (n\u2009=\u200920).<jats:italic><jats:bold>Intervention<\/jats:bold>:<\/jats:italic>Both groups were informed about pes planus, usual foot care, and appropriate footwear. Short-foot exercises group performed the exercises daily for 6 weeks.<jats:italic><jats:bold>Main Outcome Measures<\/jats:bold>:<\/jats:italic>Navicular drop, Foot Posture Index, foot pain, disability, and plantar pressures were assessed at the baseline and at the end of 6 weeks.<jats:italic><jats:bold>Results<\/jats:bold>:<\/jats:italic>Navicular drop, Foot Posture Index, pain, and disability scores were significantly decreased; maximum plantar force of midfoot was significantly increased in short-foot exercises group over 6 weeks (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u2009.05). No significant differences were determined between the baseline and the sixth week outcomes in control group (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&gt;\u2009.05).<jats:italic><jats:bold>Conclusions<\/jats:bold>:<\/jats:italic>Six-week short-foot exercises provided a reduction in navicular drop, foot pronation, foot pain, and disability and increment in plantar force of medial midfoot in pes planus.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1123\/jsr.2018-0363","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,3,12]],"date-time":"2019-03-12T13:28:20Z","timestamp":1552397300000},"page":"436-440","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":79,"title":["Effects of Short-Foot Exercises on Foot Posture, Pain, Disability, and Plantar Pressure in Pes Planus"],"prefix":"10.1123","volume":"29","author":[{"given":"Banu","family":"Unver","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Emin Ulas","family":"Erdem","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Eda","family":"Akbas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"100","reference":[{"key":"ref71","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"16","DOI":"10.7547\/87507315-86-1-16","article-title":"Foot type biomechanics. 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