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Participants were randomly assigned to home-based telerehabilitation focusing on MCE only or MCE emphasizing short foot motion (SFMCE) for the lower extremities. Exercises were performed over 4 weeks. Data for foot intrinsic and extrinsic muscle activity, AbH muscle thickness, and the Y-balance test were collected before and after the 4-week intervention.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold>\n                    Abductor hallucis muscle activity in the SFMCE group was significantly higher after exercise compared with before, and there was also a significant difference between the groups. Furthermore, AbH muscle thickness was significantly greater in the SFMCE group compared with the MCE-only group. The Y-balance test performance improved significantly in the posterolateral direction in the SFMCE group.\n                  <\/jats:p>\n                  <jats:p>\n                    <jats:bold>Conclusions:<\/jats:bold>\n                    Home-based telerehabilitation focused on SFMCE can be used to improve foot intrinsic muscle activity, AbH muscle thickness, and functional balance in individuals with flat feet.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.7547\/22-178","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,24]],"date-time":"2025-03-24T09:39:08Z","timestamp":1742809148000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Effects of Home-Based Telerehabilitation on Foot Intrinsic Muscle Activity and Thickness in Individuals With Flat Feet: A Preliminary Study"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"115","author":[{"given":"Dong-chul","family":"Moon","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Therapy, Gimhae College, Gimhae-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jun-seok","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physical Therapy, College of Nursing Healthcare Sciences and Human Ecology, Dong-Eui University, Busanjin-gu, Busan, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","reference":[{"key":"B1","series-title":"Kinesiology of the Musculoskeletal System: Foundations for Rehabilitation","author":"Neumann DA","year":"2010","unstructured":"Neumann DA: Kinesiology of the Musculoskeletal System: Foundations for Rehabilitation, 2nd Ed, Mosby, Maryland Heights, MO, 2010."},{"key":"B2","series-title":"Orthop Traumatol Surg Res","first-page":"11","article-title":"Adult flatfoot","volume":"101","author":"Toullec E","year":"2015","unstructured":"Toullec E: Adult flatfoot. 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