Kinesio Taping and Calf Muscle Fatigue

King Saud University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fatigue

Treatments: Other: Rigid Taping; Other: Kinesio Tape without tension; Other: Kinesio Taping under tension.

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04960865

RRC-2021-05

Details and patient eligibility

About

Muscle fatigue results in decreased ability in muscles to generate force. Kinesio Tape may reverse the adverse effects of fatigue. Thus this study will examine the acute effects of Kinesio tape on muscle fatigue.

Full description

The participants will be divided into three groups; 1. Experimental group: Kinesio tape with 50% tension will be applied; 2. Sham group: Kinesio tape without any tension will be applied; 3. Placebo group: Rigid tape without any tension will be applied.

Enrollment: 45 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 19 to 25 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy cooperative individuals.
• Female athletes who were engaged in training at least 3 times a week.
• The subject should perform a minimum of 23 hell raises.

Exclusion criteria

• Musculoskeletal injuries, cardio-pulmonary vestibular and neurological complication and systemic disorder.
• Consumption of any pre-workout supplement in the last 6 months.
• Involvement in any other training program.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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45 participants in 3 patient groups, including a placebo group

Experimental Group

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will be applied Kinesio tape with 50% tension.

Treatment:

Other: Kinesio Taping under tension.

Sham Group

Sham Comparator group

Description:

Participants will be applied Kinesio tape without any tension.

Treatment:

Other: Kinesio Tape without tension

Placebo Group

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Participants will be applied rigid tape without any tension

Treatment:

Other: Rigid Taping