Kinesio Taping and Hand Sensorimotor Control

NCT ID: NCT03909880

Last Updated: 2024-03-22

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 24 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2019-07-19
• Study Completion Date: 2020-08-01

Brief Summary

We explored the effect of Kinesio taping with different tension on hand force control, joint proprioception, reaction time and brain activity.

Healthy participants randomly received three wrist/finger flexor taping conditions: (1) taping with 20% additional tension (taping20), (2) taping with neutral tension (tapingN), and (3) without taping (control). Grip force, wrist joint angle, electroencephalogram and electromyogram were recorded during proprioception and force control tasks to determine the effects of Kinesio taping on sensorimotor control.

Detailed Description

Sensorimotor control involves the integration of sensory information in the brain to ensure appropriate joint position, force control and timing during movement. Kinesio taping can provide additional sensory input and improve sensorimotor control performance. Hand function is important in daily activities and fine control of the fingers and wrist is required in many sports. Therefore, we explore the effect of Kinesio taping with different tension on hand force control, joint proprioception, reaction time and brain activity.

This is an observational study with single-group repeated-measures design. Participants will be randomly received three wrist/finger flexor taping conditions: (1) taping with 20% additional tension (taping20), (2) taping with neutral tension (tapingN), and (3) without taping (control). Grip force, wrist joint angle, electroencephalogram and electromyogram were recorded during proprioception and force control tasks.Repeated-measures one-way analysis of variance and the Bonferroni post hoc comparison test determined the differences among the taping conditions. The Pearson correlation test determined the correlation between changes in motor performance and brain activities. Statistical significance was set at .05.

Conditions

Healthy Adults

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Control

Without Kinesio tape on the forearm

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Kinesio taping with neutral tension

Kinesio tape with neutral tension on the forearm

Group Type: PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Kinesio tape

Intervention Type: OTHER

Kinesio tape (kinesio taping; kinesio holding corporation,USA) was placed on the skin above muscle belly of finger flexor. There were three types of taping:

"Taping20 condition" - tape was pulled from the wrist to the proximal forearm. The two ends of the tape (~5 cm) were held by the therapist and the middle area was pulled 20% additional tension.

"TapingN condition" - tape was pulled with neutral tension. "Control condition" - no taping.

Kinesio taping with additional 20% tension

Kinesio tape with 20% additional tension on the forearm

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Kinesio tape

Intervention Type: OTHER

Kinesio tape (kinesio taping; kinesio holding corporation,USA) was placed on the skin above muscle belly of finger flexor. There were three types of taping:

"Taping20 condition" - tape was pulled from the wrist to the proximal forearm. The two ends of the tape (~5 cm) were held by the therapist and the middle area was pulled 20% additional tension.

"TapingN condition" - tape was pulled with neutral tension. "Control condition" - no taping.

Interventions

Kinesio tape

Kinesio tape (kinesio taping; kinesio holding corporation,USA) was placed on the skin above muscle belly of finger flexor. There were three types of taping:

"Taping20 condition" - tape was pulled from the wrist to the proximal forearm. The two ends of the tape (~5 cm) were held by the therapist and the middle area was pulled 20% additional tension.

"TapingN condition" - tape was pulled with neutral tension. "Control condition" - no taping.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. Healthy adults who are 20-40 years old

Exclusion Criteria

1. Have irreversible injury on forearm, wrist or hand

2. Feel pain or any uncomfortable symptom on forearm, wrist or hand

3. Muscular disease on upper extremity in 6 months

4. Impaired sensation

5. Allergy to Kinesio tape

6. Neurological disease

• Minimum Eligible Age: 20 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 40 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Li-Wei Chou, Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Department of Physical Therapy and Assistive and Technology ,National Yang-Ming University

Locations

National Yang-Ming University

Taipei, , Taiwan

Countries

Taiwan

Other Identifiers

YM108058E

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id