Short-Term Effect of Kinesio Taping on The Temperature Distribution at The Site of Application. A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Potential lumbar muscular strainPhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12615000353594
- Lead Sponsor
- Bartosz Slomka
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 60
Inclusion Criteria
healthy volunteers
Exclusion Criteria
age <18,low back pain accompanied by radicular symptoms, body mass index over 24 kg/m2, wounds and trauma (l1-l5 area), menstruation cycle ,pregnancy, cold, intolerability of or allergy to kinesio tape
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary outcome will be changes the skin temperature at the site of application tape will be recorded at baseline and after trial. <br><br>Thermograms will be taken three times: prior to application of the tape (1st day), immediately after removal (4th day), and one hour after removal of the tape. Readings will be consistently taken between 10:00 am - 11:00 am to account for changes in body temperature associated with the circadian rhythm. Prior to each reading, participants will be acclimated to the room for around 15 minutes (ambient temperature of 22-25°C with 40-50% humidity). Then, participants will be asked to stand with their upper extremities abducted at 45-90 degrees. The MobIR M8 thermal imaging camera will be positioned 2 meters away from the participant at a perpendicular angle to the lumbar region.<br>Skin emissivity will set at 0.98[ Baseline, and at 4 days after intervention commencement]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method none[none]