The Effectiveness of Kinesio® Tex Tape on Gluteus Medius Activation in Dancers

Not Applicable

Withdrawn

• Conditions: Gluteus Medius Activation
• Interventions: Other: Airplane Test

• Registration Number: NCT02741479
• Lead Sponsor: NYU Langone Health

Brief Summary

The purpose of this research is to determine if a specific type of elasticated athletic tape (Kinesio Tex Tape) increases muscle activation among professional level dancers. Investigators will determine if changes in muscle activation with the elasticated tape differ from changes experienced with no tape and/or sham tape, and if it coincides with subjective sense of muscle activation.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2016-04-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-04-15
• Study First Posted: 2016-04-18
• Study Start: 2017-01
• Status Verified: 2017-12
• Primary Completion: 2017-12
• Study Completion: 2017-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-12-12
• Last Update Posted: 2017-12-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: WITHDRAWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

• Uninjured professional level dancers

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Exclusion Criteria

• Non-professional level of dance or non-dancer; obesity (body mass index greater than 30 kg/m²)
• A history of major back, abdominal, or lower extremity surgery
• A history of muscle diseases; a history of serious cardiovascular diseases (e.g., cardiac insufficiency, arrhythmia, severe hypertension, vascular insufficiency)
• A history of serious respiratory diseases; major fractures of the lower extremities; lower extremity or trunk injury within the last year; a history of surgery within the last year, a history of stroke, acute, or chronic infections; serious metabolic diseases
• Glaucoma
• Structural disease or severe congenital deformities of the spine of a high degree
• Inguinal, femoral, or umbilical hernia; or diseases related to body equilibrium.

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
K Tape Group	Airplane Test	-
Sham Group	Airplane Test	-
No Tape	Airplane Test	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Muscle Activity measured via electromyography	Baseline and 1.5 hours

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

New York University School of Medicine; 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States