The Effects of Kinesio Taping on Biomechanical and Clinical Outcomes in Runners With Iliotibial Band Friction Syndrome

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Brief Summary: The aim of this study is to investigate the efficacy and effectiveness of the application of Kinesio Taping in the short-term management of ITBFS in an exploratory randomized control study in two patient groups, an experimental group receiving Kinesio Taping with tension, and a control group receiving Kinesio Taping with no tension.

Detailed Description: To determine the immediate effects of taping on the three-dimensional joint kinematics and moments of the lower limb during running in ITBFS patients, and to determine any differences between the experimental and control groups.

To determine the immediate effects of taping on muscle activity of the gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, tensor fascia lata, vastus medialis, and vastus lateralis in ITBFS patients, and to determine any differences between the experimental and control groups.

To determine if the short-term perceptions of pain, symptoms, ADL function, sport and recreation function, quality of Life, and fear of movement are changed with taping, and to determine any differences between the experimental and control groups.

To determine any perceived changes in the stability of the knee joint, comfort and benefits with taping, and to determine any differences between the experimental and control groups.

To determine if muscle strength, muscle length, and functional movement are changed with taping, and to determine any differences between the experimental and control groups.

To explore the relationship between the clinical and biomechanical outcome measures in ITBFS patients.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria

Aged between 18 to 45 years
Regularly run a minimum of 10 kilometres a week,
Current symptoms of ITBFS, assessed using the Noble compression test and Ober's test, and pain at lateral femoral condyle during running

Exclusion Criteria

History of taking any analgesic or anti-inflammatory drugs for 72 hours prior to testing.
Previous surgery to the lower limbs,
Skin allergy to kinesio tape,
Signs or symptoms of other knee pathologies including; patellofemoral pain, knee joint osteoarthritis, lateral meniscus injury, common peroneal nerve injury, refer pain from lumbar spine, superior tibiofibular joint sprain, and popliteus or bicep femoris tendinitis.

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Kinesio Tape No Tension	Kinesio Tape	Kinesio Tape No Tension
Kinesio Tape with Tension	Kinesio Tape	Kinesio Tape with Tension

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Hip, Knee, and Ankle Moments	Immediately after the intervention	Three-dimensional joint kinematics measurement by motion analysis capture
Numerical Pain Rating scale	one week	Numerical Pain Rating scale; pain intensity during running from 0 to10 scale where 0 = No pain and 10 = worst pain Imaginable.
Pelvis, Hip, Knee, and Ankle angle.	Immediately after the intervention	Three-dimensional joint kinematics measurement by motion analysis capture
Surface Electromyography Data	Immediately after the intervention	Five Surface Electromyography electrodes were placed over the gluteus maximus (Gmax), gluteus medius (Gmed), tensor fascia latae (TFL), vastus medialis (VM), vastus lateralis (VL) muscles to measure muscle activity.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Global Rating Of Change Scale	one week	Global rating of change (GRC) scales are very commonly used in clinical research, particularly in the musculoskeletal area. the overall condition of your injured body part or region. Rating from -7 A very great deal worse to +7 scale (A very great deal better) from the begin intervention time until now.
Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score	one week	The Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score's five patient-relevant dimensions are scored separately: Pain (nine items); Symptoms (seven items); ADL Function (17 items); Sport and Recreation Function (five items); Quality of Life (four items). A Likert scale is used and all items have five possible answer options scored from 0 (No problems) to 4 (Extreme problems) and each of the five scores is calculated as the sum of the items included.
Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia	one week	The Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia is a 17 item questionnaire used to assess the subjective rating of kinesiophobia or fear of movement. A Likert scale is used and all items have four possible answer options scored from 1 (strongly disagree ) to 4 (strongly agree ).

Locations (2): Faculty of Physical Therapy, Mahidol University
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Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Physical Therapy Center (Pinklao) Faculty of Physical Therapy, Mahidol University
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Bangkok, Thailand