Metatarsophalangeal Joint Sprain Kinesiotaping

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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kinesio taping would reduce pain, improve gait performance, and enhance the functional capacity of turf toe patients undergoing physical therapy

Detailed Description
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Health practitioners have recently become interested in using kinesiology taping in clinical practice as an alternative to traditional taping and bracing procedures for treating a variety of diseases, including sprain of metatarsophalangeal joint of the big toe. Patients with turf toe can benefit from kinesiology tape because it offers therapeutic support and stability while preserving a normal range of motion.

Official Title
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Kinesiology Taping Helps Patients With First Metatarsophalangeal Joint Sprain

Conditions
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Turf Toe, Metatarsophalangeal (Joint) Sprain

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Traditional physical therapy program
* Other: Kinsio taping
* Other: placebo Kinsio taping


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: comprised athletes with 2nd grade turf toe. medically stable. had foot pain for more than a month prior to enrollment. didn't have persistent, incapacitating pain. had a doctor's note approving their decision to stop taking painkillers during the research. Exclusion Criteria: if they had any surgical intervention before. range of motion limitation in the ankle joint. inability to exercise. systemic disease. any other orthopedic problem at ankle joints.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 25 Years
Maximum Age: 30 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: exercise group<br>60-minutes exercise program, three times a week on alternate days for 12 successive weeks. | Other: Traditional physical therapy program<br>* 60-minutes exercise program, three times a week on alternate days for 12 successive weeks<br>* Other names: exercise program;|
| Experimental: placebo kinesiology taping plus exercise group<br>Kinesiology taping was used, however the strain was zero. Before each exercise session, the tape was changed every two days while the patients were present. | Other: Traditional physical therapy program<br>* 60-minutes exercise program, three times a week on alternate days for 12 successive weeks<br>* Other names: exercise program;Other: placebo Kinsio taping<br>* One full strip of kinesiology taping tape and one half-length strip were needed for the placebo kinesiology taping application<br>* Other names: placebo kinesiology taping;|
| Experimental: kinesiology taping plus exercise group<br>putting no stress on the opposite end and a 50% stretch from the top of the big toe to the heel along the back of the heel. After applying a 50% stretch from the top of the big toe to the second horizontal little strip between the big toe and second toe, place the ends below the toe diagonally with no stress. | Other: Traditional physical therapy program<br>* 60-minutes exercise program, three times a week on alternate days for 12 successive weeks<br>* Other names: exercise program;Other: Kinsio taping<br>* One full strip of kinesiology taping tape and one half-length strip were needed for the kinesiology taping application<br>* Other names: kinesiology taping;|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pain visual analog scale | The degree of the pain was assessed using a 10-cm visual analog scale (VAS), with 0 denoting no pain and 10 denoting the most painful event. | at first week | 
| Pain visual analog scale | The degree of the pain was assessed using a 10-cm visual analog scale (VAS), with 0 denoting no pain and 10 denoting the most painful event. | after 12 weeks | 
| Gait parameters (step length by centimeter). | The twelve computerized cameras of the VICON 3D motion analysis system were used to record gait data. | at first week | 
| Gait parameters (step length by centimeter). | The twelve computerized cameras of the VICON 3D motion analysis system were used to record gait data. | after 12 weeks | 
| Gait parameters (stride length by meter). | The twelve computerized cameras of the VICON 3D motion analysis system were used to record gait data. | at first week | 
| Gait parameters (stride length by meter). | The twelve computerized cameras of the VICON 3D motion analysis system were used to record gait data. | after 12 weeks | 
| Gait parameters (cadence by steps per minute). | The twelve computerized cameras of the VICON 3D motion analysis system were used to record gait data. | at first week | 
| Gait parameters (cadence by steps per minute). | The twelve computerized cameras of the VICON 3D motion analysis system were used to record gait data. | after 12 weeks | 
| Gait parameters (velocity by centimeter per second). | The twelve computerized cameras of the VICON 3D motion analysis system were used to record gait data. | at first week | 
| Gait parameters (velocity by centimeter per second). | The twelve computerized cameras of the VICON 3D motion analysis system were used to record gait data. | after 12 weeks | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Functional ability assessment | Functional ability was assessed using the 6-minute walk test. | at first week | 
| Functional ability assessment | Functional ability was assessed using the 6-minute walk test. | after 12 weeks | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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turf toe, Metatarsophalangeal Sprain, functional ability, gait parameters, kinesiology taping