Immediate Effects of Kinesio Tape on Median Nerve's Mechanosensitivity

NCT ID: NCT05250076

Last Updated: 2022-05-20

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2022-02-11
• Study Completion Date: 2022-03-26

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to verify the immediate effects of Kinesio Tape on median nerve's mechanosensitivity, measured by the upper limb neurodynamic test 1 (ULNT1) in healthy participants.

Detailed Description

After completing the socio-demographic and clinical questionnaire, the participants will be randomly assigned into two designated groups, the Intervention Group (IG; n = 30) (Kinesio tape throughout the median nerve course) and the Control Group (CG; n = 30) (remained at rest for 5 minutes), using the software www.graphpad.com/quickcals.

Conditions

Healthy

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Intervention Group

The beige Kinesio Tape (Prim Tape®) will be applied, from distal to proximal, 5cm wide, cut in "I" and with tension below 50%. The Kinesio Tape will be placed along the entire path of the median nerve, from the wrist to the armpit. The participants will remain in the supine position on a treatment table (Posturarte® Olympic), without inclination (Posturarte® Olympic). To clean the participant's skin, cotton (MASMI®) will be passed with ethyl alcohol (Fergus®). Scissor (Maped®) will be used to cut the Kinesio Tape.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Kinesio Tape

Intervention Type: DEVICE

The beige Kinesio Tape (Prim Tape®) will be applied, from distal to proximal, 5cm wide, cut in "I" and with tension below 50%. The Kinesio Tape will be placed along the entire path of the median nerve, from the wrist to the armpit. The participants will remain in the supine position on a treatment table (Posturarte® Olympic), without inclination.

Control Group

The participants will remain at rest in a supine position on a treatment table (Posturarte® Olympic) without inclination for 5 minutes.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Kinesio Tape

The beige Kinesio Tape (Prim Tape®) will be applied, from distal to proximal, 5cm wide, cut in "I" and with tension below 50%. The Kinesio Tape will be placed along the entire path of the median nerve, from the wrist to the armpit. The participants will remain in the supine position on a treatment table (Posturarte® Olympic), without inclination.

Intervention Type: DEVICE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Healthy university students of both genders with normal mobility of the joints of the upper quadrant of the body

Exclusion Criteria

• Deformities in the upper quadrant region of the body;

• Complaints in this region in the last 6 months;
• Surgical procedures or musculoskeletal, cardiac, renal, metabolic, neurological and or oncological pathologies of the upper quadrant that may disturb nerve function;
• Not present any mechanosensitive response to ULNT1;
• Pregnant women;
• Ingestion of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or consumption of any type of narcotic drugs and participants who have drunk alcohol in the last 12 hours.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 35 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University Fernando Pessoa

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Ricardo Cardoso, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Fernando Pessoa University

Locations

Ricardo Cardoso

Porto, , Portugal

Countries

Portugal

Other Identifiers

FISIO-2-28102019

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id