The Effect of the Kinesio Tape on the Muscle Power Performance of Elite Weightlifters

Muscle Power Performance Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of the Kinesio Tape on the Muscle Power Performance of Elite Weightlifters

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03327090
• Other study ID #: IRB- PGS- 2015- 03- 205
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 23, 2017
• Last updated: October 28, 2017
• Start date: January 7, 2016
• Est. completion date: March 13, 2016

Study information

• Verified date: October 2017
• Source: Dammam University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study is aimed to investigate the effect of the Kinesio Tape facilitation technique on the muscle power performance of elite weightlifters.

Description:

Most sportsmen require the power of muscles for their performance. Weightlifting exercises such as the snatch or clean and jerk and their variations are frequently included in the power training programs of athletes who contest or participate in sports that need muscle power. The weightlifting exercises require athletes to accelerate the weight throughout the whole second pull phase, causing the barbell to be raised overhead and the athlete's body into the air, a movement in which the feet leave the platform. Furthermore, the movement patterns of the weightlifting exercises are mostly considered to be similar to athletic movements in different sports such as jumping and sprinting in soccer and basketball. Empirically, the kinetic qualities of the second pull phase are similar in both weightlifting and jumping movements. The role of the sport physical therapist is not restricted only to rehabilitation and injuries prevention, but they can also contribute to the performance of the athletes in a different aspect. Therefore, finding tools which may improve the muscle power of the weightlifters could increase the success in performing the sport-specific movements with higher loads. This could make the difference between winning or losing a competition. Thus, if it could be proven that the Kinesio Tape has the capability to improve muscle power, it could be used as a tool by the physiotherapist, either for enhancing the athlete's performance or for accelerating the last stage of the rehabilitation and, therefore, decreasing the number of absent days of athletes from training or matches due to injury.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 46
• Est. completion date: March 13, 2016
• Est. primary completion date: March 13, 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 18 Years to 35 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 46 Male weightlifters from 18-35 years old.

• Weightlifters who playing at national weightlifting level.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Musculoskeletal injuries or surgery that may affect performance in the last 6 weeks prior to the study as reported by participant.

• Any neurological problem that may affect performance as reported by the participant.

• Known adverse reactions to taping.

• Any systemic diseases that affect the performance as reported by participant.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Muscle Power Performance

Intervention

Other:
• Kinesio Tape original brand (Kinesio® Tex GoldTM finger print, black, Georgia, Albuquerque).
Kinesio Tape: An elastic therapeutic tape, which mimics the skin's thickness. It is a cotton, porous fabric and acrylic adhesive, which is non-medicated and free of latex. The Kinesio Tape is applied in a specific manner to enhance muscle function, increase circulation, decrease pain and improve proprioception.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Saudi Arabia	University of Dammam	Dammam	Eastern

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Dammam University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Saudi Arabia, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Single leg vertical countermovement jump.	Participants were performed three vertical jump attempts with a counter-movement.	Data was collected on January 7, 2016 up to March 13, 2016 (an average of three months) in which the collection of the data was finished.
Primary	Single leg horizontal countermovement jump	Participants were performed three horizontal jump attempts with a counter-movement.	Data was collected on January 7, 2016 up to March 13, 2016 (an average of three months) in which the collection of the data was finished.
Secondary	Estimated peak power.	A predictive equation to calculate an anaerobic power output from the vertical jump displacement.	The estimated peak power was calculated and reviewed at the end of data collection on March 13, 2016 up to April 7, 2016 ( an average of one month).