Effects of Muscle Fatigue and Kinesio Taping on Shoulder Position Sense

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Fatigue; Proprioception

• Registration Number: NCT02104570
• Lead Sponsor: University of Oregon

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of Kinesio Taping on the position sense of shoulder after muscle fatigue.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-02
• Study First Submitted: 2014-03-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-04-01
• Study First Posted: 2014-04-04
• Primary Completion: 2014-05
• Study Completion: 2014-05
• Status Verified: 2014-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-12-02
• Last Update Posted: 2014-12-03

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 24

Inclusion Criteria

• Healthy participants

Exclusion Criteria

• prior shoulder surgery
• shoulder injury that required rehabilitation in the last 2 years
• shoulder dislocation
• ligamentous laxity

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Changes in joint repositioning angle errors	Baseline (in the beginning of the session, without taping), 5 minutes after taping (or equivalent time resting, in the control session) and average of 3 minutes after fatigue protocol.	The joint repositioning errors will be measured during active repositioning trials of shoulder abduction in scapular plane using an iPod app.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Oregon; 🇺🇸 Eugene, Oregon, United States