Effect of Kinesio Tape in Muscle Fatigue Measured by Biering-Sorensen Test

CEU San Pablo University

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 2

Conditions: Low Back Pain

Treatments: Other: Placebo; Other: Kinesio Taping

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01626482

CEU-003

Details and patient eligibility

About

Muscle fatigue affects adversely the athletes´ performance and it is therefore one of the most investigated topics currently. However we do not know accurately the mechanisms that produce it.

The aim of this study is to determine the influence of the Kinesio taping (KT) application in the paravertebral muscle fatigue in a sample of healthy young subjects.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• More than 18 years
• They were motivated to be included in the study

Exclusion criteria

• History of Low Back Pain (LBP) in the last 6 months that had lasted for at least 1 week and / or had required medical attention and / or had been off sick
• Back surgery
• Been diagnosed with cardiovascular disease or neurological or herniations, protrusions or severe scoliosis
• Had pain from a disease presenting infection, tumor or injury of an anatomical structure involved in the test

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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100 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Sham tape

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: Placebo

Kinesio Tape

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Kinesio Taping