The Application of Traditional Chinese Medicine Functional Reduction in Muscle Fatigue

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Muscle Fatigue
• Intervention / Treatment: Procedure: conventional taping; Procedure: Chinese medicine technique taping

Detailed 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.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 45
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Taiwan
  • Taichung, Taiwan, 404
    • China Medical University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 20 years to 40 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• participants between 20 and 40 of age

Exclusion Criteria:

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

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Other: conventional taping-Chinese medicine technique taping; Participants will accept conventional taping before muscle fatigue exercise for the first course then accept Chinese medicine technique taping before muscle fatigue exercise for the second course.	Procedure: conventional taping; Participants will accept conventional taping before muscle fatigue exercise.; Procedure: Chinese medicine technique taping; Participants will accept Chinese medicine technique taping before muscle fatigue exercise.
Other: Chinese medicine technique taping-conventional taping; Participants will accept Chinese medicine technique taping before muscle fatigue exercise for the first course then accept conventional technique taping before muscle fatigue exercise for the second course.	Procedure: conventional taping; Participants will accept conventional taping before muscle fatigue exercise.; Procedure: Chinese medicine technique taping; Participants will accept Chinese medicine technique taping before muscle fatigue exercise.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
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
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
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
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
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 Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
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
Pulse wave	Radial pulse wave analysis	one week

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: China Medical University, Taiwan

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): August 18, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): December 26, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): December 26, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 1, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 4, 2021
• First Posted (Actual): June 11, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 11, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 4, 2021
• Last Verified: June 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: muscle fatigue; taping; Chinese medicine reduction
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Fatigue
• Other Study ID Numbers: TCM-Taping

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No