Cross Sectional Study to Evaluate Effects of Kinesiotaping on Muscle Activity During Climbing Stairs and Sport Activity

Bern University of Applied Sciences

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physical Activity

Treatments: Device: Kinesiotape; Other: No-Tape; Device: IQ-Tape

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02802410

MSc - IQ-Tape

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to evaluate the effects of IQ-Tape, Kinesiotaping and no Taping on muscle activity during daily activity and sport activity.

Enrollment: 30 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• healthy
• able to perform daily activities and sport performance

Exclusion criteria

• lower body and pelvic injuries
• fractures of the spine oder lower limb
• cardiac or neurological diseases

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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30 participants in 3 patient groups

IQ-Tape

Experimental group

Description:

IQ-application on leg muscles muscles

Treatment:

Device: IQ-Tape

Kinesiotape

Experimental group

Description:

Kinesiotape application on leg muscles

Treatment:

Device: Kinesiotape

No-Tape

Experimental group

Description:

No-Tape on leg muscles

Treatment:

Other: No-Tape