Effectiveness of the Kinesio Taping® in Muscle Activation

Muscle Atrophy Clinical Trial

— EKTAQRIH  

Official title:

Effectiveness of the Kinesio Taping® in Activation of Quadriceps Muscle and Reflex Inhibition of Hamstrings Muscle: Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01991171
• Other study ID #: CAAE14385813.1.0000.5512
• Secondary ID: 250.259
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 18, 2013
• Last updated: October 21, 2014
• Start date: May 2013
• Est. completion date: November 2013

Study information

• Verified date: October 2014
• Source: Paulista University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Forty-eight female patients will be randomized into three groups to receive the Kinesio taping, placebo Kinesio taping and control group. The group Kinesio taping receive the correct application of the method described. The placebo group will receive a placement without tension. The control group did not receive any form of intervention.

Description:

The group Kinesio taping receive the correct application of the method described with tension of 40%. The placebo group will receive a placement without tension.

The control group did not receive any form of intervention.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 48
• Est. completion date: November 2013
• Est. primary completion date: June 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 20 Years to 30 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Woman

• Sedentary

Exclusion Criteria:

• Physically active,

• pain

• men

• musculoskeletal injury in the last six months.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Muscle Atrophy
• Muscular Atrophy

Intervention

Other:
• Kinesio Taping
Kinesiotaping intervention is based upon the use of specific elastic tapes (known as Kinesio Tex Gold) that are applied with a certain amount of tension fixed to the skin of patients with the target muscles in a stretched position. The tapes will be placed over the quadriceps muscle.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Universidade Paulista	Jundiaí	São Paulo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Paulista University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Vertical Jump	The vertical jump will be evaluated by the Counter Movement Jump	40 minutes	No
Secondary	Flexibility	The flexibility will be evaluate by fleximeter	40 minutes	No