Cross Sectional Study to Evaluate Effects of Kinesiotaping on Muscle Activity During Climbing Stairs and Sport Activity

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Physical Activity
• Interventions: Device: IQ-Tape; Device: Kinesiotape; Other: No-Tape

• Registration Number: NCT02802410
• Lead Sponsor: Bern University of Applied Sciences

Brief Summary

This study aims to evaluate the effects of IQ-Tape, Kinesiotaping and no Taping on muscle activity during daily activity and sport activity.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-09-01
• Study First Submitted: 2016-03-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-06-13
• Study First Posted: 2016-06-16
• Primary Completion: 2017-12-15
• Study Completion: 2018-06-30
• Status Verified: 2018-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-07-16
• Last Update Posted: 2018-07-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

• healthy
• able to perform daily activities and sport performance

Exclusion Criteria

• lower body and pelvic injuries
• fractures of the spine oder lower limb
• cardiac or neurological diseases

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: FACTORIAL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
IQ-Tape	IQ-Tape	IQ-application on leg muscles muscles
Kinesiotape	Kinesiotape	Kinesiotape application on leg muscles
No-Tape	No-Tape	No-Tape on leg muscles

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Muscle activity of the quadriceps muscles during drop-jump, running and climbing stairs.	up to one week	RMS-values of quadriceps muscles during, drop-jump, running with 10, 12 and 15km/h and stair climbing: pre-activation-phase: 50ms before ground-contact post-activation-phase: from 0 to 30ms and 30 to 150 ms after ground-contact

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Muscle activity of the soleus muscles during drop-jump, running and climbing stairs	up to me week	RMS-values of soleus muscles during, drop-jump, running with 10, 12 and 15km/h and stair climbing: pre-activation-phase: 50ms before ground-contact post-activation-phase: from 0 to 30ms and 30 to 150 ms after ground-contact
Muscle activity of the gastrocnemius muscles during drop-jump, running and climbing stairs	up to one week	RMS-values of gastrocnemius muscles during, drop-jump, running with 10, 12 and 15km/h and stair climbing: pre-activation-phase: 50ms before ground-contact post-activation-phase: from 0 to 30ms and 30 to 150 ms after ground-contact
Muscle activity of the hamstrings muscles during drop-jump, running and climbing stairs	up to one week	RMS-values of hamstrings muscles during, drop-jump, running with 10, 12 and 15km/h and stair climbing: pre-activation-phase: 50ms before ground-contact post-activation-phase: from 0 to 30ms and 30 to 150 ms after ground-contact
Muscle activity of the tibialis muscles during drop-jump, running and climbing stairs	up to one week	RMS-values of tibialis muscles during, drop-jump, running with 10, 12 and 15km/h and stair climbing: pre-activation-phase: 50ms before ground-contact post-activation-phase: from 0 to 30ms and 30 to 150 ms after ground-contact

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Bern University of Applied Sciences, Department Health; 🇨🇭 Bern, Switzerland