Effects of Magnetic Tape on Isometric Hip Strength in Patients With Low Back Pain. RCT

The tape will be applied on the lumbar area bilaterally to the spine without creating any tension.

The possible variation in the isometric hip strength is measured with the mDurance®, surface electromyography and the Lafayette® dynamometer. A kinesiology tape was used as a placebo tape and the magnetic tape was used in a randomized experimental way.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Low Back Pain
• Intervention / Treatment: Device: Magnetic Tape; Device: kinesiology tape

Detailed Description

A doble-blind clinical trial study, is designed where subjects with low back pain will be selected and blinded to receive the Magnetic Tape® or placebo Tape. Likewise, the evaluator who puts the Magnetic Tape® does not know what material he is using, as it is supplied by another researcher. The patient does not know what tape will be placed on him.

The recommendations of the "Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials" (CONSORT) will be followed. All participants will receive a participant information sheet and sign informed consent. Patients aged 18 to 65 years with low back pain will be recruited from different private clinics in the city of Valencia, Spain.

The hypothesis is that when Magnetic Tape® comes into contact with electromagnetic fields such as those generated by living beings, due to the movement of electrical charges (ions), as defined by Ampere's Law, the domains of the tape are oriented or aligned in parallel with the external magnetic field creating a magnetic flux with a north pole and a south pole. This generated field in turn produces a magnetic induction proportional to the variation of the magnetic flux, as defined by the Faraday Law.

This electric potential produces a redistribution of the electric charge (ions) generating a magnetic field due to the orientation of the tape domains, then exerting a force on the moving charges within the electrolyte.

Physiological, Lorentz's Law, regulating Magnetic Tape® aberrant electromagnetic fields.

The protocol for data collection will be as follows:

After signing the informed consent and data protection, the groups with low back pain will be formed that will receive the application of both Magnetic Tape® and the intervention of a placebo tape. To avoid that the order of the intervention influences the results of the study, the subjects will be randomized into two different groups, Group A and Group B. Group A will receive Magnetic tape® and Group B will do the opposite. The next day the other tape.

To evaluate the isometric force of hip abduction or Hip Stability Isometric Test (HipSIT). A surface electromyogram and a force dynamometer are used. The electrodes of the surface electromyogram will be placed on the Tensor Fascia Lata and Gluteus Medius muscles bilaterally. The patient will be placed in lateral decubitus with 45 ° hip flexion and 90 ° knees. Both lower limbs will be cinched over the distal third of the thigh where the center of the Lafayette dynamometer will be positioned laterally 5 cm above the knee joint. The subject will perform the separation of the upper hip while keeping the heels in contact so that the hip is in 20 ° of abduction, using its maximum force for 5 seconds performing it 4 times resting between tests for 30 seconds and recording the electromyographic activity.

The tapes will be placed on the paravertebral skin from L1 to L5 without creating tension.

Subsequently, both hips are assessed again, performing hip abduction again and recording the strength.

Each subject will be your control since one day a tape will be placed and the next day the other.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 40
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Spain
  • Valencia, Spain, 46008
    • Clinica Francisco Selva

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subjects with low back pain.
• Subjects aged 18-65 years.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Tape allergies
• Adhesive allergies
• Pregnant
• People with pacemakers
• People who have any contraindication of electromagnetic fields
• People with neurological diseases
• Taking any medication that may interact with magnetic fields.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
• Masking: Quadruple

Number of Arms

18

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: No Intervention: RMS mean hip abduction, dynamometer; Isometric peak force hip abduction pre measurement. No tape.
No Intervention: No Intervention: Average force hip abduction, dynamometer; Isometric average force hip abduction pre measurement. No tape.
No Intervention: No Intervention: Time to reach peak force hip abduction, dynamometer; Time to reach peak force hip abduction pre measurement. No tape.
No Intervention: No Intervention: RMS mean hip abduction, surface electromyogram; Isometric hip abduction pre measurement assessing the root-mean-square (RMS) mean. No tape.
No Intervention: No Intervention: RMS mean per second hip abduction, surface electromyogram; Isometric hip abduction pre measurement assessing the root-mean-square (RMS) mean per second. No tape.
No Intervention: No Intervention: Max. contraction test hip abduction, surface electromyogram; Isometric hip abduction pre measurement assessing the root-mean-square (RMS) Max. contraction test. No tape.
Experimental: Experimental: peak force hip abduction, dynamometer; Isometric peak force hip abduction post experimental application measurement with Magnetic Tape application	Device: Magnetic Tape; Magnetic tape® is applied without creating any tension over low back
Experimental: Experimental: Average force hip abduction, dynamometer; Isometric average force hip abduction post experimental application measurement with Magnetic Tape application	Device: Magnetic Tape; Magnetic tape® is applied without creating any tension over low back
Experimental: Experimental: time to maximum force hip abduction, dynamometer; Time to maximum force hip abduction post experimental application measurement with Magnetic Tape application	Device: Magnetic Tape; Magnetic tape® is applied without creating any tension over low back
Experimental: Experimental: RMS mean hip abduction, surface electromyogram; Isometric hip abduction post experimental application measurement assessing the root-mean-square (RMS) with Magnetic Tape application.	Device: Magnetic Tape; Magnetic tape® is applied without creating any tension over low back
Experimental: Experimental: RMS mean per second hip abduction, surface electromyogram; Isometric hip abduction post experimental application measurement assessing the root-mean-square (RMS) mean per second. With Magnetic Tape application.	Device: Magnetic Tape; Magnetic tape® is applied without creating any tension over low back
Experimental: Experimental: Max. contraction test hip abduction, surface electromyogram; Isometric hip abduction post experimental application measurement assessing the root-mean-square (RMS) max. contraction test. With Magnetic Tape application.	Device: Magnetic Tape; Magnetic tape® is applied without creating any tension over low back
Placebo Comparator: Placebo: peak force hip abduction, dynamometer; Isometric peak force hip abduction post placebo measurement with kinesiology tape application	Device: kinesiology tape; Kinesiology Tape is applied without creating any tension over low back
Placebo Comparator: Placebo: Average force hip abduction, dynamometer; Isometric average force hip abduction post placebo application measurement with kinesiology tape application	Device: kinesiology tape; Kinesiology Tape is applied without creating any tension over low back
Placebo Comparator: Placebo: Time to reach peak force hip abduction, dynamometer; Time to reach peak force hip abduction post placebo application measurement with kinesiology tape application	Device: kinesiology tape; Kinesiology Tape is applied without creating any tension over low back
Placebo Comparator: Placebo: RMS mean hip abduction, surface electromyogram; Isometric hip abduction post placebo application measurement assessing the root-mean-square (RMS) mean. With kinesiology tape application.	Device: kinesiology tape; Kinesiology Tape is applied without creating any tension over low back
Placebo Comparator: Placebo: RMS mean per second hip abduction, surface electromyogram; Isometric hip abduction post placebo application measurement assessing the root-mean-square (RMS) mean per second. With kinesiology tape application.	Device: kinesiology tape; Kinesiology Tape is applied without creating any tension over low back
Placebo Comparator: Placebo: Max. contraction test hip abduction, surface electromyogram; Isometric hip abduction post placebo application measurement assessing the root-mean-square (RMS) max. contraction test. With kinesiology tape application.	Device: kinesiology tape; Kinesiology Tape is applied without creating any tension over low back

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
muscle fiber activation	Maximum isometric strength of hip abduction measured with the mDurance® surface electromyograph.	Changes for activity (microvolts) first evaluation before placing the tapes and immediately after placing the experimental tape and the placebo tape.
Peak force of hip abduction	Maximum isometric strength of hip abduction measured with the Lafayette® dynamometer.	Changes from strength (kilograms) in first assessment before placing the tapes and immediately after placing experimental tape and placebo tape.
Average force of hip abduction	Mean isometric strength of hip abduction measured with the Lafayette® dynamometer.	Changes from strength (kilograms) in first assessment before placing the tapes and immediately after placing experimental tape and placebo tape.
Time to reach peak force of hip abduction	Time to maximum isometric strength of hip abduction measured with the Lafayette® dynamometer.	Changes from time (seconds) in first assessment before placing the tapes and immediately after placing experimental tape and placebo tape.

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Clínica Dr. Francisco Selva

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 11, 2021
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 11, 2022
• Study Completion (Actual): March 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 10, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 14, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): May 20, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 14, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 7, 2022
• Last Verified: May 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: pain; low back pain; strength; surface electromyogram; dynamometer; kinesiology tape; abduction; magnetic tape; Hip Stability Isometric Test (HipSIT)
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Back Pain; Low Back Pain
• Other Study ID Numbers: 1622496

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: No