Effect Kinesio Taping on Acute-onset Muscle Soreness and Calf Muscle Extensibility Among Endurance Athletes

AMIR IQBAL

Status: Completed

Conditions: Muscle Soreness

Treatments: Other: Kinesio Taping; Other: Sham Taping

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05564585

JHIEC-03/18

Details and patient eligibility

About

In recent years, athletes have frequently utilized Kinesio tape (KT) to enhance their performance. Despite widespread use, data regarding its efficacy and mechanism of action is lacking among healthy endurance athletes. This study aims to determine the effect of KT application on acute-onset muscle soreness and the extensibility of the calf muscles in endurance athletes.

Full description

The study followed a single-blinded one-arm crossover repeated-measures randomized controlled design and included fifty-five endurance athletes (mean age, 16.40±2.69) from different stadia in Delhi, India. Outcome measures, including the ankle dorsiflexion range of motion (ADFROM), were measured using a universal goniometer before, immediately after application of either KT or Sham tape, and after treadmill running. However, the pain due to acute-onset muscle soreness was measured using a numeric pain rating scale (NPRS) immediately, 10 min, and 30 min after treadmill running.

Enrollment: 55 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 10 to 20 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Endurance athletes, including Cyclists, Badminton players, Long-distance runners
• Both males and females aged between 10-20 years
• Having BMI within the normal range (19-25)
• Cooperation in the study

Exclusion criteria

• Other than endurance athletes
• Aged less than Ten and more than 20 years
• BMI fall beyond the normal range, either underweight or overweight
• Musculoskeletal injuries, skin problems
• Non-cooperation in the study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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55 participants in 2 patient groups

Kinesio Tape

Experimental group

Description:

Kinesio Tape was applied over the Calf Muscle on Either leg.

Treatment:

Other: Kinesio Taping

Sham Tape

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Sham Tape was applied over the Calf Muscle on Either leg.

Treatment:

Other: Sham Taping