Effects of Muscle Fatigue and Kinesio Taping on Shoulder Position Sense

University of Oregon

Status: Completed

Conditions: Proprioception; Fatigue

Treatments: Other: Kinesio taping with tension; Other: Fatigue protocol; Other: Kinesio taping without tension

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02104570

09102013.011

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of Kinesio Taping on the position sense of shoulder after muscle fatigue.

Enrollment: 24 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy participants

Exclusion criteria

• prior shoulder surgery
• shoulder injury that required rehabilitation in the last 2 years
• shoulder dislocation
• ligamentous laxity

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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24 participants in 3 patient groups

Control

Other group

Description:

In this session, participants will be evaluated before and after a muscle fatigue protocol, with no intervention.

Treatment:

Other: Fatigue protocol

Kinesio taping with tension

Experimental group

Description:

A kinesio taping technique for the deltoid muscle will be applied before fatigue protocol and removed after in the end of the evaluation session. Subjects will be evaluated before taping, after taping and after the fatigue protocol.

Treatment:

Other: Fatigue protocol

Other: Kinesio taping with tension

Kinesio taping without tension

Sham Comparator group

Description:

A kinesio taping technique will be applied on the deltoid muscle without tension (tension is considered to be the therapeutic effect) before fatigue protocol and removed after in the end of the evaluation session. Subjects will be evaluated before taping, after taping and after the fatigue protocol.

Treatment:

Other: Fatigue protocol

Other: Kinesio taping without tension