Effects of Applying Kinesio Tapping on Primary Dysmenorrhea in Football Players

Federal University of São Paulo

Status: Completed

Conditions: Primary Dysmenorrhea (PD)

Treatments: Device: Kinesio Taping; Device: Placebo Group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06829992

6665758

76907423.1.0000.5505

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this clinical study is to investigate the effects of applying Kinesio Taping to female soccer players with PD and comparing this application with a placebo group.

Full description

Women's football has grown in the last decade, but there is still a need to study how the menstrual cycle affects players' performance. Primary Dysmenorrhea (PD), a common menstrual pain, impacts between 50% and 90% of women, reducing their participation in sporting activities. Many players notice that their performance is affected during the cycle, and the use of anti-inflammatories is not always effective. Therefore, it is important to implement simple measures that improve the quality of life and performance of players. Alternatives such as physical therapy and Kinesio Taping (KT) can help alleviate symptoms. The literature shows that KT is a technique with the potential to produce tactile sensory impulses on the skin, which can block or reduce the arrival of painful sensations to the brain, and could therefore be interesting in the treatment of PD. Therefore, the present study aims to investigate the effects of applying Kinesio Taping to female soccer players with PD and comparing this application with a placebo group.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 15 to 17 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women practicing football from the Mulheres em Campo project
• Primary dysmenorrhea
• Aged between 15 and 17 years
• Regular menstrual cycle (28 ± 7 days)
• Nulliparous
• Not having an intrauterine contraceptive device or using oral contraceptives
• DP will be defined according to the Visual Analogue Scale from 5 points.

Exclusion criteria

• Women who do not play football in the Mulheres em Campo project
• Secondary dysmenorrhea
• Diagnosed with serious comorbidity
• Skin lesions in the abdominal region
• Allergy to adhesive tapes.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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50 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Kinesio Taping group

Experimental group

Description:

KT will be applied by a physiotherapist with experience in the Kinesio Taping method by Kenzo Kase. Three I-shaped Kinesio tapes will be used, 5 cm wide, covering the T-11 and T-12 dermatomes. The first tape will be applied vertically between the navel and pubis, with the participant in an orthostatic position with slight trunk extension. The second tape, with the same length as the first, will be applied with its central region over the middle zone of the first, perpendicularly. The third tape will be applied horizontally to the lower back, covering the spines posterosuperior iliac muscles, with the participant in an orthostatic position, performing light trunk flexion.

Treatment:

Device: Kinesio Taping

placebo group

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

The quantity of tapes, type, size and region of application will be the same as the group KT, however, in this group the tapes will be applied without tension and with procedure different from that recommended, first starting to adhere a side anchor into the skin, followed by the center and then the other side anchor.

Treatment:

Device: Placebo Group