The Application of Traditional Chinese Medicine Functional Reduction in Muscle Fatigue
Condition: Muscle Fatigue
MeSH terms: Fatigue
Study type: Interventional

Summary: 
      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.
    

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.
    

Intervention name(s): conventional taping; Chinese medicine technique taping
Intervention type(s): Procedure; Procedure
Intervention description(s): Participants will accept conventional taping before muscle fatigue exercise.; Participants will accept Chinese medicine technique taping before muscle fatigue exercise.
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention model: Crossover Assignment
Intervention model description: Participants will be categorized into two (A&B) groups randomly for cross-over study. A group 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. B group 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.
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary purpose: Prevention
Keywords: taping; Chinese medicine reduction; muscle fatigue