Stabilometry and Plantar Pressures Changes After Dry Needling in Flexor Digitoum Brevis.

Stabilometry and Plantar Pressures Changes After Bilateral Dry Needling in Flexor Digitoum Brevis.A Pretest Posttest Study.

The aim of this clinical trial is to check the effects of dry needling in the Flexor digitorum Brevis .

Fiveteen healthy subjects wil be recruited for a quasi-experimental study. Participants will be from 18 to 40 years old, not obese. Participants will be measured before and after bilateral dry neddling in Flexor digitorum Brevis. The investigators will measure stabilometry variables and static footprint. The footprint variables will be divided in bilateral rear foot, bilateral midfoot, bilateral fore foot.

Measures. Stabilometry will be measured by displacement of the center of pressures in X and Y with eyes open and closed , center of pressure (COP) with eyes open and closed, COP area with eyes open and closed, COP antero-posterior (a-p) and medio-lateral (m-lat) directions with eyes open and closed, and COP speed. Two trials will be recorded for each condition and the order of the conditions will be randomized across subjects, eyes open and eyes closed. Foot plantar pressure and surface area of two static footprints will be measured during bipedal standing. Static plantar pressure will be evaluated by means of maximum pressure, medium pressure and surface area of each aspect of the foot (rearfoot, midfoot, and fore foot).

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy individuals
• Must have latent trigger point in Flexor Brevis Digitorum muscles

Exclusion Criteria:

• Previous lower extremities surgery.
• History of lower extremities injury with residual symptoms (pain, "giving-away" sensations) within the last year.
• Leg-length discrepancy more than 1 cm
• Balance deficits (determined by oral questionnaire regarding falls)