Clinical trial NCT03865784: Kinesiotape and Core Exercises in Federated Boxers
Official title: Kinesiotape® and Core Exercises in the Improvement of Nonspecific Lumbar Pain, Trunk Flexion, Resistance of the Spinal Erector Musculature and Effort Perception in Federated Boxers
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Low Back Pain
Keywords: Boxing
Injuries
Physiotherapy
Kinesiotape
Core
Low back pain
Lead sponsor: Investigación en Hemofilia y Fisioterapia
Sponsor class: NETWORK
First posted: 2019-03-07
Enrollment: 60
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 45
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: Introduction. Nonspecific lumbar pain is a very common cause of sports decline in boxers, possibly due to the repetitive movements of flexion and rotation in their sport, so the investigators believe it is interesting to seek an intervention that helps these athletes to reduce their incidence.

Aim. To improve non-specific low back pain, range of motion of trunk flexion; the muscular resistance of the spinal erectors and the subjective perception of the effort in federated boxers older than 18 years.

Study design. Randomized, multicentric and double-blind clinical trial with follow-up period.

Methods. 60 federated boxers of legal age will be recruited, who will be randomly assigned to the study groups: experimental (Core and Kinesiotape® exercises) and control (Core exercises and Kinesiotape® tubes without tension). The intervention will last 4 weeks, with 2 weekly sessions, lasting 35 minutes. Three evaluations will be carried out (pre-treatment, post-treatment and follow-up) for the dependent variables. The analysis of normality will be carried out with the Kolmogorov Smirnov test and in case of homogeneity of the sample, with the t-student test of related samples and the ANOVA of repeated means, the difference between the evaluations and the intra e effect will be calculated. intersubject, respectively.

Expected results. It is expected to observe the effectiveness of the Core and Kinesiotape® exercises in the perception of nonspecific lumbar pain, the range of movement of trunk flexion and lumbar resistance, and the perception of effort.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Federated boxers
* Over 18 years
* Male
* With non-specific back pain that does not incapacitate them for the realization of their sport or work activity.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Federated boxers with lumbar injury with medical diagnosis
* Who are or have been treated by pharmacological or physiotherapy in the last 6 months
* Presenting allergies or alterations of the skin
* Not sign the informed consent document.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline pain perception after treatment and at month: VAS
timeFrame: Screening visit, within the first seven days after treatment and after one month follow-up visit
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change from baseline pain perception at the pressure after treatment and at month: pressure algometer
timeFrame: Screening visit, within the first seven days after treatment and after one month follow-up visit
measure: Change from baseline perception of effort after treatment and at month
timeFrame: Screening visit, within the first seven days after treatment and after one month follow-up visit
measure: Change from baseline trunk flexion after treatment and at month
timeFrame: Screening visit, within the first seven days after treatment and after one month follow-up visit
measure: Change from baseline trunk flexion after treatment and at month
timeFrame: Screening visit, within the first seven days after treatment and after one month follow-up visit
measure: Change from baseline resistance of the lumbar extensor musculature after treatment and at month
timeFrame: Screening visit, within the first seven days after treatment and after one month follow-up visit
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Madrid
country: Spain
facility: Universidad Europea de Madrid
state: Comunity Of Madrid
Study officials:
affiliation: Universidad Europea de Madrid
name: Rubén Cuesta-Barriuso, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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