Clinical trial NCT03909880: Kinesio Taping and Hand Sensorimotor Control
Official title: Effects of Kinesio Taping on Hand Proprioception, Reaction Time, Force Control and Corticomuscular Functional Connectivity
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Healthy Adults
Keywords: kinesio taping, sensorimotor control
Lead sponsor: National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-04-10
Enrollment: 24
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Maximum age (years): 40
Standard ages: ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE

Brief summary: We explored the effect of Kinesio taping with different tension on hand force control, joint proprioception, reaction time and brain activity.

Healthy participants randomly received three wrist/finger flexor taping conditions: (1) taping with 20% additional tension (taping20), (2) taping with neutral tension (tapingN), and (3) without taping (control). Grip force, wrist joint angle, electroencephalogram and electromyogram were recorded during proprioception and force control tasks to determine the effects of Kinesio taping on sensorimotor control.

Detailed description: Sensorimotor control involves the integration of sensory information in the brain to ensure appropriate joint position, force control and timing during movement. Kinesio taping can provide additional sensory input and improve sensorimotor control performance. Hand function is important in daily activities and fine control of the fingers and wrist is required in many sports. Therefore, we explore the effect of Kinesio taping with different tension on hand force control, joint proprioception, reaction time and brain activity.

This is an observational study with single-group repeated-measures design. Participants will be randomly received three wrist/finger flexor taping conditions: (1) taping with 20% additional tension (taping20), (2) taping with neutral tension (tapingN), and (3) without taping (control). Grip force, wrist joint angle, electroencephalogram and electromyogram were recorded during proprioception and force control tasks.Repeated-measures one-way analysis of variance and the Bonferroni post hoc comparison test determined the differences among the taping conditions. The Pearson correlation test determined the correlation between changes in motor performance and brain activities. Statistical significance was set at .05.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Healthy adults who are 20-40 years old

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Have irreversible injury on forearm, wrist or hand
2. Feel pain or any uncomfortable symptom on forearm, wrist or hand
3. Muscular disease on upper extremity in 6 months
4. Impaired sensation
5. Allergy to Kinesio tape
6. Neurological disease

Primary outcomes:
measure: Joint position sense
timeFrame: measured immediately after the tape is applied
measure: Force sense
timeFrame: measured immediately after the tape is applied
measure: Reaction time
timeFrame: measured immediately after the tape is applied
measure: Corticomuscular coherence
timeFrame: measured immediately after the tape is applied
measure: EEG
timeFrame: measured immediately after the tape is applied
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Taipei
country: Taiwan
facility: National Yang-Ming University
Study officials:
affiliation: Department of Physical Therapy and Assistive and Technology ,National Yang-Ming University
name: Li-Wei Chou, Ph.D.
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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