The Short-term Effects of Trunk Kinesio Taping on Trunk Muscle Endurance and Postural Stability in Healthy Young Adults

Kinesio Taping Clinical Trial

Official title:

Assistant Professor, Physioterapist, PhD

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03449290
• Other study ID #: 2018-45/48
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 17, 2018
• Last updated: February 22, 2018
• Start date: February 15, 2018
• Est. completion date: April 2018

Study information

• Verified date: February 2018
• Source: Ataturk Training and Research Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study aimed to investigate the short-term effects of trunk kinesio taping on trunk muscle endurance and postural stability in healthy young adults.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 40
• Est. completion date: April 2018
• Est. primary completion date: March 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 25 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy young volunteers aged between 18-25 years

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having disc hernias, any spinal pain complaint, spinal deformity, history related to spinal surgery, vestibulopathy, musculoskelatal injuries related to ankle, knee and hip joints, orthopedic and/or neurological problems and allergy to the kinesio tape

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Kinesio Taping

Intervention

Other:
• Kinesio taping
Kinesio taping was applied on both sides of rectus abdominus, obliquus internus, obliquus externus and sacrospinalis muscles with muscle technique
• Sham Kinesio taping
Kinesio taping was applied on both sides of rectus abdominus, obliquus internus, obliquus externus and sacrospinalis muscles without any technique

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Turkey	Ankara Yildirim Beyazit University	Ankara

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ataturk Training and Research Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Turkey, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Trunk muscle endurance	Trunk muscle endurance with McGill's trunk muscle endurance tests (seconds) was assessed	Change from Baseline taping at 1 hour after the taping
Secondary	Postural stability	Postural stability as static using a force platform when eyes open and eyes closed was assessed	Change from Baseline taping at 1 hour after the taping