Efficacy of rehabilitation programme amongpes planusathletes on physical fitness variables

Physical fitness is a general state of health and well-being and, more specifically, the ability to perform aspects of sports, occupations and daily activities. Physical fitness is generally achieved through proper nutrition, moderate-vigorous physical exercise, and sufficient rest. However, with automation and changes in lifestyles physical fitness is now considered a measure of the body's ability to function efficiently and effectively in work and leisure activities, to be healthy, to resist hypo kinetic diseases, and to meet emergency situations. The study was therefore to develop and evaluate a simple visual tool for foot posture assessment based on the Arch Index (AI) that could be used in clinical and research settings. The main objective of this study is to determine the effectiveness of rehabilitation programme influence to change the physical fitness variables after 12 weeks of training. To achieve this purpose 550 athletes tested by physical fitness such as speed, agility, coordination, reaction time, explosive power, and balance. The samples were selected from the regional athletes of Pondicherry, India. 78 athletes had flat feet from the total population, out of which forty voluntary participations were selected for this study. The selected subjects agreed and used one groups, such as experimental group (n=20). Experimental group was undergone training of rehabilitation programme for five days in a week for total twelve weeks. The Experimental groups tested prior (pretest) to training and after the rehabilitation period (posttest) on physical fitness variables. Based on the analysis of statistical results, it was concluded that, 12 weeks of rehabilitation programme significantly changed the physical fitness such as agility, coordination, reaction time, explosive power and balance for athletes.