Immediate and Delayed Effects of Kinesio Taping on the Neuromuscular Performance (IDEKTNP)

Immediate and Delayed Effects of Kinesio Taping on the Neuromuscular Performance, Balance and Lower Limb Function of Healthy Subjects: Randomized Clinical Trial

The purpose of this study is analyze the immediate and late effects of the application of KT in neuromuscular performance of the quadriceps in postural balance and function of the lower limb of healthy subjects.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Neuromuscular Performance, Balance and Function
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: placebo Functional elastic tape; Other: Functional elastic tape

Detailed Description

Sixty volunteers, females will be recruited and randomly divided into 3 groups with 20 members each: control group (CG) - 10 minutes at rest; placebo group (PG) - Kinesio Taping (KT) without application of tension in the vastus lateralis (VL), vastus (VM) and rectus femoris (RF); and Kinesio Taping group (KTG) - application of KT with tension in VL, VM and RF. All volunteers will be evaluated for their distance from the single and triple hop test, postural balance (baropodometry), the joint position sense (JPS), the knee extensor torque (concentric and eccentric assessment at 60 °/s) and electromyographic activity of the VL muscle in five distinct stages: the first before the intervention (AV1), the second immediately after (AV2) and the following three 24h (AV3), 48 (AV4) after the intervention protocol. Soon after the AV4, KT will be removed after 24 hours and take place the last review (AV5).

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 60
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Brazil
  • Rio Grande do Norte
    • Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, 59078-970
      • Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 28 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Be recreationally active, with no history of osteomyoarticular lesion or surgery in the lower limbs in the previous six months, non-corrected neurological, vestibular, visual and/or hearing impairments, in addition to displaying no allergy to adhesive material.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Individuals experiencing pain during collection procedures or who do not perform exercises as instructed by the researchers would be excluded.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control group; The control group remains at rest for 10 minutes, which is not applied KT in the RF, VL and VM muscles. The volunteers of this group perform all evaluation without the application of KT
Placebo Comparator: Placebo group; The Kinesio Taping (KT) is applied on the vastus lateralis (VL), vastus medialis (VM) and rectus femoris (RF) muscles longitudinally from proximal to the distal. For the RF proximal anchor is applied 5cm below the anterior superior iliac spine and the distal anchor the upper edge of the patella. VL in the proximal and distal anchor will be fixed in greater trochanter of the femur and the lateral edge of the patella. As for the VM muscle proximal anchor will be applied to the middle third from the medial region of the thigh and the distal anchor on the medial edge of the patella. The anchors are applied with 0% tension and therapy area will follow on the belly of the muscles with a 0%.	Other: placebo Functional elastic tape; application of KT without tension in the vastos medialis, rectus femoris and vastus lateralis muscles; Other Names: placebo Kinesio Taping
Experimental: Kinesio Taping group; The Kinesio Taping (KT) is applied on the vastus lateralis (VL), vastus medialis (VM) and rectus femoris (RF) muscles longitudinally from proximal to the distal. For the RF proximal anchor is applied 5cm below the anterior superior iliac spine and the distal anchor the upper edge of the patella. VL in the proximal and distal anchor will be fixed in greater trochanter of the femur and the lateral edge of the patella. As for the VM muscle proximal anchor will be applied to the middle third from the medial region of the thigh and the distal anchor on the medial edge of the patella. The anchors are applied with 0% tension and therapy area will follow on the belly of the muscles with a 50%. This application will be held with subjects standing on one foot, with the hip of the non-dominant limb at 0º and knee flexed at 90º.	Other: Functional elastic tape; application of KT with tension in the vastos medialis, rectus femoris and vastus lateralis muscles; Other Names: Kinesio Taping

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Muscle Performance measured through isokinetic dynamometry	Change from baseline in muscle performance at 72 hours.Immediate and Delayed Effects of Kinesio Taping in the muscle performance will be measured through isokinetic dynamometry and the variables analyzed will be peak torque normalized for body weight, mean power, total work and time to peak torque.	baseline, one minute after the intervention protocol, 24 hours, 48 hours and 72 hours after the intervention protocol.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Balance measured through baropodometry	Change from baseline in balance at 72 hours. Immediate and Delayed Effects of Kinesio Taping in balance will be Measured by baropodometry	baseline, one minute after the intervention protocol, 24 hours, 48 hours and 72 hours after the intervention protocol.
Lower limb function	Change from baseline in lower limb function at 72 hours. Immediate and Delayed Effects of Kinesio Taping will be measure through distance of the single and triple hop test.	baseline, one minute after the intervention protocol, 24 hours, 48 hours and 72 hours after the intervention protocol.
Proprioception measured through joint position sense in the isokinetic dynamometer	Change from baseline in proprioception at 72 hours. Immediate and Delayed Effects of Kinesio Taping in the proprioception will be measured through joint position sense	baseline, one minute after the intervention protocol, 24 hours, 48 hours and 72 hours after the intervention protocol.
Muscle activation measured through surface electromyography	Change from baseline in muscle activation at 72 hours. Immediate and Delayed Effects of Kinesio Taping in Muscle activation will be Measured by surface electromyography	baseline, one minute after the intervention protocol, 24 hours, 48 hours and 72 hours after the intervention protocol.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Jamilson S Brasileiro, PhD, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): June 1, 2015
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 1, 2015
• Study Completion (Actual): December 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 9, 2015
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 27, 2015
• First Posted (Estimate): May 1, 2015

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 25, 2017
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 24, 2017
• Last Verified: April 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Electromyography; Baropodometry; Torque
• Other Study ID Numbers: 752.302