Kinesio Taping and Hand Sensorimotor Control

Healthy Adults Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Kinesio Taping on Hand Proprioception, Reaction Time, Force Control and Corticomuscular Functional Connectivity

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03909880
• Other study ID #: YM108058E
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 19, 2019
• Est. completion date: August 1, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: July 2019
• Source: National Yang Ming University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 24
• Est. completion date: August 1, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: May 20, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years to 40 Years

Eligibility

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healthy Adults

Intervention

Other:
• 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.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	National Yang-Ming University	Taipei

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
National Yang Ming University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Joint position sense	The ability to accurately generate joint wrist flexion at 15 degree	measured immediately after the tape is applied
Primary	Force sense	The ability to accurately generate 20% of maximal voluntary grip force	measured immediately after the tape is applied
Primary	Reaction time	The ability to generate grip force as soon as hearing a beep sound	measured immediately after the tape is applied
Primary	Corticomuscular coherence	Level of EEG and EMG synchronization in frequency domain when participants maintain 20% maximal voluntary contraction for 30 seconds, as an indicator of functional connectivity between motor cortex and muscle	measured immediately after the tape is applied
Primary	EEG	Level of the power of EEG when participants maintain 20% maximal voluntary contraction for 30 seconds, as an indicator of synchronization/desynchronization of the motor cortex	measured immediately after the tape is applied