Cross Sectional Study to Evaluate Effects of Kinesiotaping on Muscle Activity During Climbing Stairs and Sport Activity

Physical Activity Clinical Trial

Official title:

Cross Sectional Study to Evaluate the Effects of Kinesio IQ-Tape, Kinesiotaping and no Taping on Muscle Activation and Reflex Activity During Climbing Stairs, Drop Jump and Running With 10, 12 and 15km/h

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02802410
• Other study ID #: MSc - IQ-Tape
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 1, 2015
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2018

Study information

• Verified date: July 2018
• Source: Bern University of Applied Sciences
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aims to evaluate the effects of IQ-Tape, Kinesiotaping and no Taping on muscle activity during daily activity and sport activity.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: June 30, 2018
• Est. primary completion date: December 15, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years to 35 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• healthy

• able to perform daily activities and sport performance

Exclusion Criteria:

• lower body and pelvic injuries

• fractures of the spine oder lower limb

• cardiac or neurological diseases

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Physical Activity

Intervention

Device:
• IQ-Tape
RMS-values of leg muscles at pre-activation (50ms) before ground-contact and post-activation 0-30ms and 30 - 150ms after ground-contact during drop-jump, running and stair climbing.
• Kinesiotape
RMS-values of leg muscles at pre-activation (50ms) before ground-contact and post-activation 0-30ms and 30 - 150ms after ground-contact during drop-jump, running and stair climbing.

Other:
• No-Tape
RMS-values of leg muscles at pre-activation (50ms) before ground-contact and post-activation 0-30ms and 30 - 150ms after ground-contact during drop-jump, running and stair climbing.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Switzerland	Bern University of Applied Sciences, Department Health	Bern

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Bern University of Applied Sciences

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Switzerland, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Muscle activity of the quadriceps muscles during drop-jump, running and climbing stairs.	RMS-values of quadriceps muscles during, drop-jump, running with 10, 12 and 15km/h and stair climbing: pre-activation-phase: 50ms before ground-contact post-activation-phase: from 0 to 30ms and 30 to 150 ms after ground-contact	up to one week
Secondary	Muscle activity of the hamstrings muscles during drop-jump, running and climbing stairs	RMS-values of hamstrings muscles during, drop-jump, running with 10, 12 and 15km/h and stair climbing: pre-activation-phase: 50ms before ground-contact post-activation-phase: from 0 to 30ms and 30 to 150 ms after ground-contact	up to one week
Secondary	Muscle activity of the soleus muscles during drop-jump, running and climbing stairs	RMS-values of soleus muscles during, drop-jump, running with 10, 12 and 15km/h and stair climbing: pre-activation-phase: 50ms before ground-contact post-activation-phase: from 0 to 30ms and 30 to 150 ms after ground-contact	up to me week
Secondary	Muscle activity of the tibialis muscles during drop-jump, running and climbing stairs	RMS-values of tibialis muscles during, drop-jump, running with 10, 12 and 15km/h and stair climbing: pre-activation-phase: 50ms before ground-contact post-activation-phase: from 0 to 30ms and 30 to 150 ms after ground-contact	up to one week
Secondary	Muscle activity of the gastrocnemius muscles during drop-jump, running and climbing stairs	RMS-values of gastrocnemius muscles during, drop-jump, running with 10, 12 and 15km/h and stair climbing: pre-activation-phase: 50ms before ground-contact post-activation-phase: from 0 to 30ms and 30 to 150 ms after ground-contact	up to one week