Effect of Kinesio Tape on Motor Function in Subjects With ACL Rupture

Lithuanian Sports University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Rehabilitation; ACL Rupture

Treatments: Other: standardized physiotherapy program and Kinesio tape

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04954924

LithuananianSportsU-6

Details and patient eligibility

About

Thirty-two participants with ACL rupture were included in the study. All participants were divided in two groups - control and experimental. In the experimental group (n=16) participants received 4 weeks standardized physiotherapy and Kinesio tape, in the control group - standardized physiotherapy.

Experimental measurements: Anthropometric measurements, pain intensity, static and dynamic balance, proprioception, knee flexion and extension muscle torque, level of activity

Enrollment: 32 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. 18 - 35-year-old men;
2. a normal contralateral knee,
3. not a longer period than 3 months after ACL rupture.

Exclusion criteria

Participants were excluded if either knee had previously been injured or had undergone surgery, if they had concurrent osteoarthritis, if they had injured the posterior cruciate ligament, lateral collateral ligament, or posterolateral complex of the knee, or if they had a grade III tear of the medial collateral ligament.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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32 participants in 2 patient groups

Control group - standardized physiotherapy program

No Intervention group

Description:

The standardized physiotherapy program was designed on the basis of S. van Grinsven et al.'s (2010) rehabilitation protocol - was applied 4 weeks, 3 times per week, the duration of the procedure was 60 minutes.

Experimental group - standardized physiotherapy program and Kinesio tape

Experimental group

Description:

The standardized physiotherapy program was designed on the basis of S. van Grinsven et al.'s (2010) rehabilitation protocol - was applied 4 weeks, 3 times per week, the duration of the procedure was 60 minutes. The Kinesio tape (KT) technique was chosen on the basis of K. Kase et al.'s (2003) recommendations. KT (Japan) was applied to the injured leg using muscular and functional-corrective techniques on the quadriceps femoris and the hamstring muscle. There were 6 KT procedures per participant in the experimental group. The CON group received KT only during the baseline and final assessment to assess short-term effect of KT.

Treatment:

Other: standardized physiotherapy program and Kinesio tape