Clinical trial NCT02431910: Immediate and Delayed Effects of Kinesio Taping on the Neuromuscular Performance
Official title: Immediate and Delayed Effects of Kinesio Taping on the Neuromuscular Performance, Balance and Lower Limb Function of Healthy Subjects: Randomized Clinical Trial
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Neuromuscular Performance, Balance and Function
Keywords: Electromyography
Baropodometry
Torque
Lead sponsor: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2015-05-01
Enrollment: 60
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 28
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is analyze the immediate and late effects of the application of KT in neuromuscular performance of the quadriceps in postural balance and function of the lower limb of healthy subjects.

Detailed description: Sixty volunteers, females will be recruited and randomly divided into 3 groups with 20 members each: control group (CG) - 10 minutes at rest; placebo group (PG) - Kinesio Taping (KT) without application of tension in the vastus lateralis (VL), vastus (VM) and rectus femoris (RF); and Kinesio Taping group (KTG) - application of KT with tension in VL, VM and RF. All volunteers will be evaluated for their distance from the single and triple hop test, postural balance (baropodometry), the joint position sense (JPS), the knee extensor torque (concentric and eccentric assessment at 60 °/s) and electromyographic activity of the VL muscle in five distinct stages: the first before the intervention (AV1), the second immediately after (AV2) and the following three 24h (AV3), 48 (AV4) after the intervention protocol. Soon after the AV4, KT will be removed after 24 hours and take place the last review (AV5).

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Be recreationally active, with no history of osteomyoarticular lesion or surgery in the lower limbs in the previous six months, non-corrected neurological, vestibular, visual and/or hearing impairments, in addition to displaying no allergy to adhesive material.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Individuals experiencing pain during collection procedures or who do not perform exercises as instructed by the researchers would be excluded.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Muscle Performance measured through isokinetic dynamometry
timeFrame: baseline, one minute after the intervention protocol, 24 hours, 48 hours and 72 hours after the intervention protocol.
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Balance measured through baropodometry
timeFrame: baseline, one minute after the intervention protocol, 24 hours, 48 hours and 72 hours after the intervention protocol.
measure: Lower limb function
timeFrame: baseline, one minute after the intervention protocol, 24 hours, 48 hours and 72 hours after the intervention protocol.
measure: Proprioception measured through joint position sense in the isokinetic dynamometer
timeFrame: baseline, one minute after the intervention protocol, 24 hours, 48 hours and 72 hours after the intervention protocol.
measure: Muscle activation measured through surface electromyography
timeFrame: baseline, one minute after the intervention protocol, 24 hours, 48 hours and 72 hours after the intervention protocol.
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Natal
country: Brazil
facility: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
state: Rio Grande do Norte
Study officials:
affiliation: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
name: Jamilson S Brasileiro, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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