Stabilometry Changes After Dry Needling in Flexor Digitoum Brevis

Stabilometry Changes After Dry Needling in Flexor Digitoum Brevis

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

Eighteen 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 with eyes open and closed.

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.

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)