The Effectiveness of Kinesio® Tex Tape on Gluteus Medius Activation in Dancers

Gluteus Medius Activation Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effectiveness of Kinesio® Tex Tape on Gluteus Medius Activation in Dancers

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Withdrawn

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02741479
• Other study ID #: 15-00705
• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• First received: April 13, 2016
• Last updated: December 12, 2017
• Start date: January 2017
• Est. completion date: December 2017

Study information

• Verified date: December 2017
• Source: New York University School of Medicine
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this research is to determine if a specific type of elasticated athletic tape (Kinesio Tex Tape) increases muscle activation among professional level dancers. Investigators will determine if changes in muscle activation with the elasticated tape differ from changes experienced with no tape and/or sham tape, and if it coincides with subjective sense of muscle activation.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Withdrawn
• Enrollment: 0
• Est. completion date: December 2017
• Est. primary completion date: December 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 35 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Uninjured professional level dancers

Exclusion Criteria:

• Non-professional level of dance or non-dancer; obesity (body mass index greater than 30 kg/m²)

• A history of major back, abdominal, or lower extremity surgery

• A history of muscle diseases; a history of serious cardiovascular diseases (e.g., cardiac insufficiency, arrhythmia, severe hypertension, vascular insufficiency)

• A history of serious respiratory diseases; major fractures of the lower extremities; lower extremity or trunk injury within the last year; a history of surgery within the last year, a history of stroke, acute, or chronic infections; serious metabolic diseases

• Glaucoma

• Structural disease or severe congenital deformities of the spine of a high degree

• Inguinal, femoral, or umbilical hernia; or diseases related to body equilibrium.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Gluteus Medius Activation

Intervention

Other:
• Airplane Test
The airplane test requires the subject to bend forward, bringing the upper body and one leg horizontal, making a "T" position with the body with the arms out to the sides while in single-leg stance; they then bend the supporting leg, bringing the finger tips towards the floor, followed by straightening the supporting leg and bringing the arms back out to the sides. This motion is repeated five times on each leg per trial. The airplane will be performed to a metronome to standardize performance time

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	New York University School of Medicine	New York	New York

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
New York University School of Medicine

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in Muscle Activity measured via electromyography		Baseline and 1.5 hours