Immediate and Delayed Effects of Kinesio Taping on the Neuromuscular Performance

NCT ID: NCT02431910

Last Updated: 2017-04-25

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2015-06-30
• Study Completion Date: 2015-12-31

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is analyze the immediate and late effects of the application of KT in neuromuscular performance of the quadriceps in postural balance and function of the lower limb of healthy subjects.

Detailed Description

Sixty volunteers, females will be recruited and randomly divided into 3 groups with 20 members each: control group (CG) - 10 minutes at rest; placebo group (PG) - Kinesio Taping (KT) without application of tension in the vastus lateralis (VL), vastus (VM) and rectus femoris (RF); and Kinesio Taping group (KTG) - application of KT with tension in VL, VM and RF. All volunteers will be evaluated for their distance from the single and triple hop test, postural balance (baropodometry), the joint position sense (JPS), the knee extensor torque (concentric and eccentric assessment at 60 °/s) and electromyographic activity of the VL muscle in five distinct stages: the first before the intervention (AV1), the second immediately after (AV2) and the following three 24h (AV3), 48 (AV4) after the intervention protocol. Soon after the AV4, KT will be removed after 24 hours and take place the last review (AV5).

Conditions

Neuromuscular Performance, Balance and Function

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Control group

The control group remains at rest for 10 minutes, which is not applied KT in the RF, VL and VM muscles. The volunteers of this group perform all evaluation without the application of KT

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Placebo group

The Kinesio Taping (KT) is applied on the vastus lateralis (VL), vastus medialis (VM) and rectus femoris (RF) muscles longitudinally from proximal to the distal. For the RF proximal anchor is applied 5cm below the anterior superior iliac spine and the distal anchor the upper edge of the patella. VL in the proximal and distal anchor will be fixed in greater trochanter of the femur and the lateral edge of the patella. As for the VM muscle proximal anchor will be applied to the middle third from the medial region of the thigh and the distal anchor on the medial edge of the patella. The anchors are applied with 0% tension and therapy area will follow on the belly of the muscles with a 0%.

Group Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

placebo Functional elastic tape

Intervention Type: OTHER

application of KT without tension in the vastos medialis, rectus femoris and vastus lateralis muscles

Kinesio Taping group

The Kinesio Taping (KT) is applied on the vastus lateralis (VL), vastus medialis (VM) and rectus femoris (RF) muscles longitudinally from proximal to the distal. For the RF proximal anchor is applied 5cm below the anterior superior iliac spine and the distal anchor the upper edge of the patella. VL in the proximal and distal anchor will be fixed in greater trochanter of the femur and the lateral edge of the patella. As for the VM muscle proximal anchor will be applied to the middle third from the medial region of the thigh and the distal anchor on the medial edge of the patella. The anchors are applied with 0% tension and therapy area will follow on the belly of the muscles with a 50%. This application will be held with subjects standing on one foot, with the hip of the non-dominant limb at 0º and knee flexed at 90º.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Functional elastic tape

Intervention Type: OTHER

application of KT with tension in the vastos medialis, rectus femoris and vastus lateralis muscles

Interventions

Functional elastic tape

application of KT with tension in the vastos medialis, rectus femoris and vastus lateralis muscles

Intervention Type: OTHER

placebo Functional elastic tape

application of KT without tension in the vastos medialis, rectus femoris and vastus lateralis muscles

Intervention Type: OTHER

Other Intervention Names

Kinesio Taping; placebo Kinesio Taping

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Be recreationally active, with no history of osteomyoarticular lesion or surgery in the lower limbs in the previous six months, non-corrected neurological, vestibular, visual and/or hearing impairments, in addition to displaying no allergy to adhesive material.

Exclusion Criteria

• Individuals experiencing pain during collection procedures or who do not perform exercises as instructed by the researchers would be excluded.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 28 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Jamilson Simões Brasileiro

Professor of Physiotherapy

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Jamilson S Brasileiro, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Locations

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Countries

Brazil

Other Identifiers

752.302

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id