The Application of Traditional Chinese Medicine Functional Reduction in Muscle Fatigue

Muscle Fatigue Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Application of Traditional Chinese Medicine Functional Reduction in Muscle Fatigue

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04922775
• Other study ID #: TCM-Taping
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: August 18, 2020
• Est. completion date: December 26, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: June 2021
• Source: China Medical University, Taiwan
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

In this study, 45 healthy participants between 20 and 40 of age will be included. After obtaining the consent, the participants will be categorized into two(A&B) groups randomly for cross-over study. Each of group will accept either conventional taping or Chinese medicine technique taping before muscle fatigue exercise. To compare the preventive effect, Myoton PRO, pulse analysis equipment, etc will be applied for evaluation. The application of Chinese medicine technique (ie. Chinese medicine functional reduction) taking the kinetic chain into consideration may improve body's functional movement.

Description:

Nowadays, the importance of exercise is highly valued. The prevalence of sports injury is also increasing and may be associated with muscle fatigue. Therefore, the study focused on the prevention of common muscle fatigue in legs during exercise. With the modern sport medicine knowledge and kinesio taping, the investigators tried to figure out whether muscle fatigue can be diminished through the concept of Chinese medicine channel sinews techniques in advance. In this study, 45 healthy participants between 20 and 40 of age will be included. The exclusion criteria are as follows: i.pregnancy ii.current health problem iii.injuries of legs within a month. After obtaining the consent, the participants will be categorized into two(A&B) groups randomly for cross-over study. Each of group will accept either conventional taping or Chinese medicine technique taping before muscle fatigue exercise. To compare the preventive effect, Myoton PRO, pulse analysis equipment, etc will be applied for evaluation. The application of Chinese medicine technique (ie. Chinese medicine functional reduction) taking the kinetic chain into consideration may improve body's functional movement. Our goal is to enhance the coordination of the entire body structure, not merely the partial body structure improvement. In this way, it will benefit the prevention of exercise injuries and therapeutic effect.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 45
• Est. completion date: December 26, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: December 26, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years to 40 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• participants between 20 and 40 of age

Exclusion Criteria:

• i.pregnancy ii.current health problem iii.injuries of legs within a month

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Fatigue
• Muscle Fatigue

Intervention

Procedure:
• conventional taping
Participants will accept conventional taping before muscle fatigue exercise.
• Chinese medicine technique taping
Participants will accept Chinese medicine technique taping before muscle fatigue exercise.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	China Medical University	Taichung

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
China Medical University, Taiwan

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Muscle tone	The soft tissue will be evaluated by Myoton PRO. The muscle tone is measured by the "oscillation frequency (HZ)" characterizing the tone of a muscle in its passive or resting state without any voluntary contraction. Abnormally high muscle tine would slow the muscle recovery.	one week
Primary	Muscle stiffness	The soft tissue will be evaluated by Myoton PRO. The muscle stiffness is evaluated by the "dynamic stiffness (N/m)" characterizing the resistance to a contraction or to an external force that deforms its initial shape. Abnormally high stiffness may lead to an inefficient economy of movement.	one week
Primary	Muscle elasticity	The muscle elasticity is evaluated by the "logarithmic decrement" of a tissue's natural oscillation characterizing the ability to recover its initial shape after a contraction of removal an external force of deformation. If the decrement of a muscle decreases, the muscle elasticity increases.	one week
Primary	Muscle relaxation	The muscle relaxation is evaluated by the "mechanical stress relaxation time (ms)" characterizing the time for a muscle to recover its shape from deformation after a voluntary contraction or a removal of an external force.	one week
Primary	Muscle creep	The creep is evaluated by the "ratio of deformation and relaxation time" characterizing the gradual elongation of tissue over time when placed under a constant tensile stress.	one week
Secondary	Pain scale	Pain assessment by the Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale. The scale shows a series of faces ranging from a happy face at 0, or "no hurt", to a crying face at 10, which represents "hurts like the worst pain imaginable".	one week
Secondary	Pulse wave	Radial pulse wave analysis	one week