Taping and exercise for the treatment of exercise related leg pain.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Exercise related leg pain; Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disorders; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy

• Registration Number: ACTRN12613000914763
• Lead Sponsor: Dr Melinda Smith

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2013-08-16
• Study Completion: 2019-12-27
• Last Update Posted: 21 February 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 42

Inclusion Criteria

Female volunteers will be eligible for participation in the trial on the basis of the following criteria: age 18 to 40 years, insidious onset of pain unrelated to any traumatic event, pain located between the knee and ankle of at least one month duration that is aggravated by weight bearing activities such as running, hopping or jumping, and worst pain over the previous week of at least 30mm on a 100mm visual analogue scale.

Exclusion Criteria

Volunteers will be excluded if they have any of the following: a history of surgery to the lower limb, a cardiac condition, a known allergy to adhesive strapping tape, a known bleeding disorder or taking blood anti-coagulant medication, aichmophobia (fear of needles), known transmissible blood infection (e.g. HIV, hepatitis), or symptoms of radiculopathy or other neurologic involvement. Extensive previous exposure to either taping technique will also exclude volunteers from participation in order to prevent bias to one intervention.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Severity of usual and worst pain over the preceding week using a 100mm visual analogue scale.[At baseline and at 1, 2, and 6 weeks after intervention commencement; then 6, 12 and 26 weeks after cessation of intervention.];Global perceived improvement using a 6 point Likert scale (completely recovered, much improved, improved, no change, worse and much worse).[At 1, 2 and 6 weeks after intervention commencement.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Foot and Ankle Ability Measure[At baseline and at 1, 2, and 6 weeks after intervention commencement.];Patient Specific Functional Scale[At baseline and at 1, 2 and 6 weeks after intervention commencement.];Amount of activity performed in the previous week. <br>This will be expressed as kcal/day and determined using the method described by Sallis et al 1985. In this method independent self-reports of vigorous activity (at least 6 metabolic equivalents (METs) ) or moderate activity (3-5 METs) are used to calculate total energy expenditure (kilocalories per day).<br><br>Sallis JF, Haskell WL, Wood PD, et al. Physical activity assessment methodology in the Five-City Project. Am J Epidemiol. 1985; 121:91-106.[At baseline and at 1, 2, and 6 weeks after intervention commencement; then 6, 12, 18, 24 weeks after cessation of intervention.]