The Effectiveness of Dynamic Taping in Preventing Muscle Fatigue

Taipei Medical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Shoulder Pain; Fatigue; Muscle, Heart; Sport Injury

Treatments: Device: Dynamic tape; Device: Sham tape

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04504929

N201912094

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of dynamic tape in prevent shoulder muscle fatigue.

Full description

After being informed about the study and the potential of risk, all participants will undergo a screening to determine eligibility for study entry and giving written informed consent.

We will include 20 participants who have pitch 100 times with dynamic taping or shame taping in randomized sequence. There must be more than 2 weeks resting between 2 test. We will test maximal force in shoulder flexion, extension, abduction and adduction before and after test. We also record spins and speed of baseball for performance outcome.

To our hypothesis, we suggest dynamic taping could decrease the arm fatigue after long-term pitching.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• more than 20 years old
• amateur baseball player
• could tolerate pitching 100 times

Exclusion criteria

• shoulder pain who could not tolerate 100 pitching
• upper limb surgery history
• Allergy to topical agent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Sham tape

Sham Comparator group

Description:

participants received sham taping during pitching, and removed after pitching

Treatment:

Device: Sham tape

Dynamic tape

Experimental group

Description:

participants received dynamic taping during pitching, and removed after pitching

Treatment:

Device: Dynamic tape