Clinical trial NCT04922775: The Application of Traditional Chinese Medicine Functional Reduction in Muscle Fatigue
Official title: The Application of Traditional Chinese Medicine Functional Reduction in Muscle Fatigue
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Muscle Fatigue
Keywords: taping
Chinese medicine reduction
muscle fatigue
Lead sponsor: China Medical University, Taiwan
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2021-06-11
Enrollment: 45
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Maximum age (years): 40
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: CROSSOVER
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.
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief 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.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* participants between 20 and 40 of age

Exclusion Criteria:

* i.pregnancy ii.current health problem iii.injuries of legs within a month

Primary outcomes:
measure: Muscle tone
timeFrame: one week
measure: Muscle stiffness
timeFrame: one week
measure: Muscle elasticity
timeFrame: one week
measure: Muscle relaxation
timeFrame: one week
measure: Muscle creep
timeFrame: one week
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Pain scale
timeFrame: one week
measure: Pulse wave
timeFrame: one week
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Taichung
country: Taiwan
facility: China Medical University
Study officials:
affiliation: China Medical University, Taiwan
name: Chia-Hung Tien, Bachelor
role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
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