Immediate Effects of Kinesio Taping Applied to the Thoracic Region in Adult Individuals

The purpose of the study is to search immediate effects of kinesio taping applied to the thoracic region on proprioception, posture and trunk muscle endurance in adult individuals.

Study Overview

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Conditions: Healthy Adults; Kinesio Taping
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Kinesio taping; Other: Placebo taping

Detailed Description

Kinesio tape applications are one of the frequently used interventions within the scope of physiotherapy and rehabilitation. Kinesio taping is a non-invasive treatment method performed for several reasons such as reducing pain, relieving abnormal muscle and fascia tension and correcting biomechanical alignment. Kinesio taping consists of muscle, fascia, ligament, mechanic, functional and lymphatic correction techniques depending on therapeutic purposes.

Although kinesio tape applications on different regions such as abdomen or neck may have positive effects on posture, proprioception and trunk muscle endurance, there has not been found any study searching the effectiveness of kinesio taping applied to thoracal region on posture, proprioception and trunk muscle endurance in adult individuals. Thus, there is a need to investigate this issue.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Anticipated): 40
• 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: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Aged between 18 and 35 years,
• Volunteer to paticipate to the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Musculoskeletal pain problems in the last 6 months
• Spinal fractures
• History related to spinal surgery
• Spinal deformity (scoliosis etc)
• Any chronic disease (cancer, diabetes mellitus, hypertension etc. )
• Body mass index>35 kg/m2
• Mental or psychologic problems
• Any dermatologic disease
• Allergy to kinesio tape

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Tape Group; Kinesio taping will be applied on thoracic region	Other: Kinesio taping; Kinesio taping with the mechanical correction technique will be applied on the thoracic region
Placebo Comparator: Placebo Group; Placebo taping will be applied on arm region	Other: Placebo taping; Placebo taping with no tension and technique will be applied on the arm

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Trunk position sense	Inclinometer will be positioned at spinous process of 4th thoracic vertebrae during trunk position sense assessment. Subject will be retreated to neutral position and asked to come back taught position while eyes closed. Test will be repeated 3 times and angle of deviation from 30 degree flexion position will be recorded and the average of the results will be taken.	immediately after the intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Joint position sense of cervical spine	Whereas one side of inclinometer positioned at apex of head, other side will be positioned at spinous process of 7th cervical vertebrae during assessment of cervical spine joint position sense. Subject' head will be brought to 300 flexion from neutral position and will be wanted to learn this position. Subject will be retreated to neutral position and asked to come back taught position while eyes closed. Test will be repeated 3 times and angle of deviation from 300 flexion position will be recorded to subject assessment sheet each repetition and average of the results will be taken.	immediately after the intervention
Thoracic kyphosis	The assessment of thoracic kyphosis will be done using dual digital inclinometer. In order to evaluate thoracic kyphosis, the angle between first thoracic vertebrae and 12th thoracic vertebrae will be measured. As the angle increases, the degree of kyphosis increases.	immediately after the intervention
Head-neck posture	Head-neck posture will be evaluated with the measurement of cranio- vertebral angle. The angle between 7th cervical vertebrae and tragus will be measured with goniometer to determine cranio- vertebral angle. As the angle decreases, the forward tilt of the head increases.	immediately after the intervention
Trunk extensor muscle endurance	Trunk extensor muscle endurance will be evaluated with Biering- Sorensen test.Subjects will be asked to lie down on a bed in prone position while trunk positioned outside of the bed until SIAS (spina illiaca anterior superior) level. Lower extremity will be stabilised by researchers. Initially subjects will be asked to extend their trunk to horizontal position (bed level) and then cross their arms on the chest and hold at this position as long as they would. The duration that subjects stayed at the horizontal position without any movement will be calculated with chronometer and recorded as second.	immediately after the intervention

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Ankara Yildirim Beyazıt University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Anticipated): June 30, 2022
• Primary Completion (Anticipated): August 30, 2022
• Study Completion (Anticipated): September 30, 2022

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 2, 2022
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 6, 2022
• First Posted (Actual): June 8, 2022

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 8, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 6, 2022
• Last Verified: June 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 2022/06/02

Drug and device information, study documents

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