Tianjin University of Sport

Knee joint is one of the most important joints of the human body. It plays a vital role in basketball, football, volleyball and other sports that need to do repeated jumping and landing in high-speed sports. However, the rate of knee joint injury is high in sports, and knee joint injury often occurs in single leg landing. It is related to the decrease of flexion angle of hip and knee joint on the supporting side, the increase of extension and valgus moment, and the increase of ground reaction force. Kinesio taping has been widely used in the field of sports protection in recent years, but whether it can correct injury-related biomechanical risk factors is still controversial, and there are few studies on the timeliness changes of kinesio taping. Therefore, starting from the above concerns, this study compares the differences in biomechanical characteristics of lower limb joints in knee joints under three conditions : kinesio taping, placebo taping and no taping. At the same time, the changes of biomechanical characteristics of lower limbs before and after taping were observed in order to provide reference for the application of knee joint kinesio taping in sports injury protection.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Effects of Kinesio Taping on Lower Extremity Biomechanical Characteristics
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: kinesio taping

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

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• China
  • Tianjin
    • Tianjin, Tianjin, China, 301617
      • Wei Zheng

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• between 18-25 years old;
• BMI between 18.5-23.9kg/m2;
• no injury history or surgery history in recent six months.

Exclusion Criteria:

• kinesio taping allergy.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: KT; subjects with kinesio taping	Other: kinesio taping; measure the subjects' lower extremity biomechanical characteristics with 3 different conditions respectively (kinesio taping, placebo kinesio taping, no taping)
Placebo Comparator: placebo KT; subjects with placebo kinesio taping	Other: kinesio taping; measure the subjects' lower extremity biomechanical characteristics with 3 different conditions respectively (kinesio taping, placebo kinesio taping, no taping)
No Intervention: control; subjects with no kinesio taping

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
hip flexion/extension angle at the initial touchdown moment	hip flexion/extension angle in sagittal plane at the initial touchdown moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
hip varus/valgus angle at the initial touchdown moment	hip varus/valgus angle in frontal plane at the initial touchdown moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
hip external/internal rotation angle at the initial touchdown moment	hip external/internal rotation angle in transverse plane at the initial touchdown moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
knee flexion/extension angle at the initial touchdown moment	knee flexion/extension angle in sagittal plane at the initial touchdown moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
knee varus/valgus angle at the initial touchdown moment	knee varus/valgus angle in frontal plane at the initial touchdown moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
knee external/internal rotation angle at the initial touchdown moment	knee external/internal rotation angle in transverse plane at the initial touchdown moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
ankle dorsiflexion/plantarflexion angle at the initial touchdown moment	ankle dorsiflexion/plantarflexion angle in sagittal plane at the initial touchdown moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
ankle varus/valgus angle at the initial touchdown moment	ankle varus/valgus angle in frontal plane at the initial touchdown moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
ankle external/internal rotation angle at the initial touchdown moment	ankle external/internal rotation angle in transverse plane at the initial touchdown moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
hip flexion/extension angle at the peak vertical ground reaction force (v-GRF) moment	hip flexion/extension angle in sagittal plane at the peak v-GRF moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
hip varus/valgus angle at the peak vertical ground reaction force (v-GRF) moment	hip varus/valgus angle in frontal plane at the peak v-GRFmoment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
hip external/internal rotation angle at the peak vertical ground reaction force (v-GRF) moment	hip external/internal rotation angle in transverse plane at the peak v-GRF moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
knee varus/valgus angle at the peak vertical ground reaction force (v-GRF) moment	knee varus/valgus angle in frontal plane at the peak v-GRF moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
knee external/internal rotation angle at the peak vertical ground reaction force (v-GRF) moment	knee external/internal rotation angle in transverse plane at the peak v-GRF moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
knee flexion/extension angle at the peak vertical ground reaction force (v-GRF) moment	knee flexion/extension angle in sagittal plane at the peak v-GRF moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
ankle dorsiflexion/plantarflexion angle at the peak vertical ground reaction force (v-GRF) moment	ankle dorsiflexion/plantarflexion angle in sagittal plane at the peak v-GRF moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
ankle external/internal rotation angle at the peak vertical ground reaction force (v-GRF) moment	ankle external/internal rotation angle in transverse plane at the peak v-GRF moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
ankle varus/valgus angle at the peak vertical ground reaction force (v-GRF) moment	ankle varus/valgus angle in frontal plane at the peak v-GRF moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
hip flexion/extension joint torque at the initial touchdown moment	hip flexion/extension joint torque in sagittal plane at the initial touchdown moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
hip varus/valgus joint torque at the initial touchdown moment	hip varus/valgus joint torque in the frontal plane at the initial touchdown moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
hip internal/external rotation joint torque at the initial touchdown moment	hip internal/external rotation joint torque in the transverse plane at the initial touchdown moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
knee flexion/extension joint torque at the initial touchdown moment	knee flexion/extension joint torque in sagittal plane at the initial touchdown moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
knee varus/valgus joint torque at the initial touchdown moment	knee varus/valgus joint torque in the frontal plane at the initial touchdown moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
knee internal/external rotation joint torque at the initial touchdown moment	knee internal/external rotation joint torque in the transverse plane at the initial touchdown moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
ankle dorsiflexion/plantarflexion joint torque at the initial touchdown moment	knee dorsiflexion/plantarflexion joint torque in sagittal plane at the initial touchdown moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
ankle varus/valgus joint torque at the initial touchdown moment	ankle varus/valgus joint torque in the frontal plane at the initial touchdown moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
ankle internal/external rotation joint torque at the initial touchdown moment	ankle internal/external rotation joint torque in the transverse plane at the initial touchdown moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
hip flexion/extension joint torque at the peak v-GRF moment	hip flexion/extension joint torque in sagittal plane at thepeak v-GRFmoment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
hip varus/valgus joint torque at the peak v-GRF moment	hip varus/valgus joint torque in the frontal plane at the peak v-GRF moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
hip internal/external rotation joint torque at the peak v-GRF moment	hip internal/external rotation joint torque in the transverse plane at the peak v-GRF moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
knee flexion/extension joint torque at the peak v-GRF moment	knee flexion/extension joint torque in sagittal plane at the peak v-GRF moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
knee varus/valgus joint torque at the peak v-GRF moment	knee varus/valgus joint torque in the frontal plane at the peak v-GRF moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
knee internal/external rotation joint torque at the peak v-GRF moment	knee internal/external rotation joint torque in the transverse plane at the peak v-GRF moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
ankle dorsiflexion/plantarflexion joint torque at the peak v-GRF moment	ankle dorsiflexion/plantarflexion joint torque in sagittal plane at the peak v-GRF moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
ankle varus/valgus joint torque at the peak v-GRF moment	ankle varus/valgus joint torque in the frontal plane at the peak v-GRF moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application
ankle internal/external rotation joint torque at the peak v-GRF moment	ankle internal/external rotation joint torque in the transverse plane at the peak v-GRF moment	from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Tianjin University of Sport
• Investigators: Study Director: Wei Zheng, Tianjin University of Sport, Tianjin, China

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 1, 2023
• Primary Completion (Actual): April 10, 2023
• Study Completion (Actual): June 30, 2023

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 22, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 24, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): September 27, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 27, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 24, 2024
• Last Verified: September 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: TJSport

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

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