Immediate Effects of Kinesio Tape on Median Nerve's Mechanosensitivity

University Fernando Pessoa

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy

Treatments: Device: Kinesio Tape

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05250076

FISIO-2-28102019

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to verify the immediate effects of Kinesio Tape on median nerve's mechanosensitivity, measured by the upper limb neurodynamic test 1 (ULNT1) in healthy participants.

Full description

After completing the socio-demographic and clinical questionnaire, the participants will be randomly assigned into two designated groups, the Intervention Group (IG; n = 30) (Kinesio tape throughout the median nerve course) and the Control Group (CG; n = 30) (remained at rest for 5 minutes), using the software www.graphpad.com/quickcals.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy university students of both genders with normal mobility of the joints of the upper quadrant of the body

Exclusion criteria

• Deformities in the upper quadrant region of the body;

  • Complaints in this region in the last 6 months;
  • Surgical procedures or musculoskeletal, cardiac, renal, metabolic, neurological and or oncological pathologies of the upper quadrant that may disturb nerve function;
  • Not present any mechanosensitive response to ULNT1;
  • Pregnant women;
  • Ingestion of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or consumption of any type of narcotic drugs and participants who have drunk alcohol in the last 12 hours.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention Group

Active Comparator group

Description:

The beige Kinesio Tape (Prim Tape®) will be applied, from distal to proximal, 5cm wide, cut in "I" and with tension below 50%. The Kinesio Tape will be placed along the entire path of the median nerve, from the wrist to the armpit. The participants will remain in the supine position on a treatment table (Posturarte® Olympic), without inclination (Posturarte® Olympic). To clean the participant's skin, cotton (MASMI®) will be passed with ethyl alcohol (Fergus®). Scissor (Maped®) will be used to cut the Kinesio Tape.

Treatment:

Device: Kinesio Tape

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

The participants will remain at rest in a supine position on a treatment table (Posturarte® Olympic) without inclination for 5 minutes.