Effects of the Elastic Bandage on the Postural Balance of Young Women

Elastic Bandaging Therapy (BET) is a technique that consists of the application of elastic adhesive tape directed on a skin, and is used for pain reduction, improvement of flexibility, postural alignment. It is believed that it can help proprioception by increasing or reducing muscle tension by acting on motor coordination and balance. The present study aims to evaluate the effect of the application of different BET strategies on the postural balance of healthy young women through measures obtained through a proper instrument for a balance assessment, a force platform.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Postural Control
• Intervention / Treatment: Device: Bandage

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 48
• Phase: Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 35 years (ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• women aged between 18 and 35 years;
• not present chronic pain defined as daily or almost daily pain during the last three months;
• not participate in rehabilitation programs.

Exclusion Criteria:

• present any type of neurological, cardiorespiratory, metabolic and / or orthopedic disease of high severity;
• vestibulopathies and labyrinthine crises;
• mental problems, attention and speech disorders;
• some other type of impediment or problem that interfered with physical and functional tests;
• Have undergone some kind of locomotor surgery;
• pregnancy;
• no participation in the three days of the research;
• lack of understanding or non-cooperation regarding research procedures and methods;
• do not volunteer.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: OTHER
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: PARALLEL
• Masking: SINGLE

Number of Arms

4

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Ankle; composed by 12 participants who will receive the application of the bandage for the ankle strategy in both lower limbs, being determined the application of the technique in I without fixed point, from medial malleolus to lateral malleolus passing under the hindfoot, finally a cleavage technique passing over the malleoli and ending in the anterior region of the ankle joint. The balance of each individual will be evaluated in the force platform at four different times, before, immediately after, after 24 and 48 hours after the application of the bandage, in three different tasks of postural control in the force platform, being: unipedal right, unipedal left and task Of bipedal support in the semi-tandem position. Will be performed three evaluations of 30s each, with 30s of interval between each evaluation.	Device: Bandage; Application of Elastic Bandage Therapy by the Therapy Taping method; Other Names: Therapy Taping; Elastic Tape; Elastic bandage; Therapeutic elastic bandage
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Hamstrings; composed by 12 participants who will receive the application of the bandage for the posterior thigh (hamstrings) strategy in both lower limbs. The technique will be determined in I with fixed point of the skin of the ischial tuberosity and moving point until the Lateral tibia (near the head of the fibula) and medial tibia (goose-foot insertion). The balance of each individual will be evaluated in the force platform at four different times, before, immediately after, after 24 and 48 hours after the application of the bandage, in three different tasks of postural control in the force platform, being: unipedal right, unipedal left and task Of bipedal support in the semi-tandem position. Will be performed three evaluations of 30s each, with 30s of interval between each evaluation.	Device: Bandage; Application of Elastic Bandage Therapy by the Therapy Taping method; Other Names: Therapy Taping; Elastic Tape; Elastic bandage; Therapeutic elastic bandage
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Lumbar; composed by 12 participants who will receive the application of the bandage for the hip (lumbar) strategy, being determined the application of the technique in I with fixed point in the ischial tuberosity and moving point until the height of the last ribs, making a cleavage in the Height of the superior iliac spine. The balance of each individual will be evaluated in the force platform at four different times, before, immediately after, after 24 and 48 hours after the application of the bandage, in three different tasks of postural control in the force platform, being: unipedal right, unipedal left and task Of bipedal support in the semi-tandem position. Will be performed three evaluations of 30s each, with 30s of interval between each evaluation.	Device: Bandage; Application of Elastic Bandage Therapy by the Therapy Taping method; Other Names: Therapy Taping; Elastic Tape; Elastic bandage; Therapeutic elastic bandage
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Total; composed by 12 participants who will receive the application of the bandage for all strategies in both lower limbs, being determined the application of the technique in I with fixed point in the II and III toes and moving point until the height of the last ribs , Passing through the entire posterior region. The balance of each individual will be evaluated in the force platform at four different times, before, immediately after, after 24 and 48 hours after the application of the bandage, in three different tasks of postural control in the force platform, being: unipedal right, unipedal left and task Of bipedal support in the semi-tandem position. Will be performed three evaluations of 30s each, with 30s of interval between each evaluation.	Device: Bandage; Application of Elastic Bandage Therapy by the Therapy Taping method; Other Names: Therapy Taping; Elastic Tape; Elastic bandage; Therapeutic elastic bandage

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Changes in center of Pressure Area (COP)	Ellipse area (95%) of the center of pressure (COP) in cm2	Before the application of the bandage (Pre-intervention), immediately after, twenty-four hours after and forty-eight hours after the application of the bandage

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Mean velocity in anteroposterior direction (VAP)	Mean velocity (cm/s) of COP oscillation in the anteroposterior direction of movement	Before the application of the bandage (Pre-intervention), immediately after, twenty-four hours after and forty-eight hours after the application of the bandage
Mean velocity in the mid-lateral direction (VML)	Mean velocity (cm/s) of COP oscillation in the mid-lateral direction of movement	Before the application of the bandage (Pre-intervention), immediately after, twenty-four hours after and forty-eight hours after the application of the bandage
Mean frequency in anteroposterior direction (FAP)	Mean frequency (in Hz) of COP oscillation in the anteroposterior direction of movement	Before the application of the bandage (Pre-intervention), immediately after, twenty-four hours after and forty-eight hours after the application of the bandage
Mean frequency in the mid-lateral direction (FML)	Mean frequency (in Hz) of COP oscillation in the mid-lateral direction of movement	Before the application of the bandage (Pre-intervention), immediately after, twenty-four hours after and forty-eight hours after the application of the bandage

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Universidade Norte do Paraná

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): May 1, 2016
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): February 1, 2017
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): February 1, 2017

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 29, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 31, 2017
• First Posted (ACTUAL): June 2, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): June 2, 2017
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 31, 2017
• Last Verified: May 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Balance; Postural control; Force plate; Elastic Bandages
• Other Study ID Numbers: Projeto Kinesio

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: Yes
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: Yes