Clinical trial NCT03173911: Effects of the Elastic Bandage on the Postural Balance of Young Women
Official title: Effects of the Elastic Bandage on the Postural Balance of Young Women
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Postural Control
Keywords: Balance
Postural control
Elastic Bandages
Force plate
Lead sponsor: Universidade Norte do Paraná
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2017-06-02
Enrollment: 48
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 35
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Randomized clinical trial where participants will be allocated into four intervention groups: G1 (n = 12) will receive therapeutic elastic bandage by the Therapy Taping® method (BET) in the ankles; G2 (n = 12) will receive the application of the BET in the lumbar region and G4 (n = 12) will receive the application for all the strategies. The individuals' balance will be evaluated in four moments: pre-intervention (Pre), immediately (Ime), 24 and 48 hours after intervention (24h and 48h). The main equilibrium parameters analyzed will be: ellipse area (95%) of COP in square centimeters (A-COP in cm2), average speed in centimeters per second (VM in cm / s) and average frequency in Hertz (FM in Hz) Of COP oscillations in the anterior-posterior (A / P) and mid-lateral (M / L) directions, during three postural control tasks: open-eye semitandem (STOA) and right and left unipodal support (UNPD And UNPE).
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: Elastic Bandaging Therapy (BET) is a technique that consists of the application of elastic adhesive tape directed on a skin, and is used for pain reduction, improvement of flexibility, postural alignment. It is believed that it can help proprioception by increasing or reducing muscle tension by acting on motor coordination and balance. The present study aims to evaluate the effect of the application of different BET strategies on the postural balance of healthy young women through measures obtained through a proper instrument for a balance assessment, a force platform.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* women aged between 18 and 35 years;
* not present chronic pain defined as daily or almost daily pain during the last three months;
* not participate in rehabilitation programs.

Exclusion Criteria:

* present any type of neurological, cardiorespiratory, metabolic and / or orthopedic disease of high severity;
* vestibulopathies and labyrinthine crises;
* mental problems, attention and speech disorders;
* some other type of impediment or problem that interfered with physical and functional tests;
* Have undergone some kind of locomotor surgery;
* pregnancy;
* no participation in the three days of the research;
* lack of understanding or non-cooperation regarding research procedures and methods;
* do not volunteer.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Changes in center of Pressure Area (COP)
timeFrame: Before the application of the bandage (Pre-intervention), immediately after, twenty-four hours after and forty-eight hours after the application of the bandage
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Mean velocity in anteroposterior direction (VAP)
timeFrame: Before the application of the bandage (Pre-intervention), immediately after, twenty-four hours after and forty-eight hours after the application of the bandage
measure: Mean velocity in the mid-lateral direction (VML)
timeFrame: Before the application of the bandage (Pre-intervention), immediately after, twenty-four hours after and forty-eight hours after the application of the bandage
measure: Mean frequency in anteroposterior direction (FAP)
timeFrame: Before the application of the bandage (Pre-intervention), immediately after, twenty-four hours after and forty-eight hours after the application of the bandage
measure: Mean frequency in the mid-lateral direction (FML)
timeFrame: Before the application of the bandage (Pre-intervention), immediately after, twenty-four hours after and forty-eight hours after the application of the bandage
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