Cross Sectional Study to Evaluate Effects of Kinesiotaping on Muscle Activity During Climbing Stairs and Sport Activity

Bern University of Applied Sciences30 enrolled

Overview

This study aims to evaluate the effects of IQ-Tape, Kinesiotaping and no Taping on muscle activity during daily activity and sport activity.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Physical Activity

Interventions

IQ-TapeDEVICE

RMS-values of leg muscles at pre-activation (50ms) before ground-contact and post-activation 0-30ms and 30 - 150ms after ground-contact during drop-jump, running and stair climbing.

KinesiotapeDEVICE

RMS-values of leg muscles at pre-activation (50ms) before ground-contact and post-activation 0-30ms and 30 - 150ms after ground-contact during drop-jump, running and stair climbing.

No-TapeOTHER

RMS-values of leg muscles at pre-activation (50ms) before ground-contact and post-activation 0-30ms and 30 - 150ms after ground-contact during drop-jump, running and stair climbing.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 35 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * healthy * able to perform daily activities and sport performance Exclusion Criteria: * lower body and pelvic injuries * fractures of the spine oder lower limb * cardiac or neurological diseases

Locations (1)

Bern University of Applied Sciences, Department Health

Bern, Switzerland

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Muscle activity of the quadriceps muscles during drop-jump, running and climbing stairs.

RMS-values of quadriceps muscles during, drop-jump, running with 10, 12 and 15km/h and stair climbing: pre-activation-phase: 50ms before ground-contact post-activation-phase: from 0 to 30ms and 30 to 150 ms after ground-contact

Time frame: up to one week

Secondary Outcomes

Muscle activity of the hamstrings muscles during drop-jump, running and climbing stairs

RMS-values of hamstrings muscles during, drop-jump, running with 10, 12 and 15km/h and stair climbing: pre-activation-phase: 50ms before ground-contact post-activation-phase: from 0 to 30ms and 30 to 150 ms after ground-contact

Time frame: up to one week

Muscle activity of the soleus muscles during drop-jump, running and climbing stairs

RMS-values of soleus muscles during, drop-jump, running with 10, 12 and 15km/h and stair climbing: pre-activation-phase: 50ms before ground-contact post-activation-phase: from 0 to 30ms and 30 to 150 ms after ground-contact

Time frame: up to me week

Muscle activity of the tibialis muscles during drop-jump, running and climbing stairs

RMS-values of tibialis muscles during, drop-jump, running with 10, 12 and 15km/h and stair climbing: pre-activation-phase: 50ms before ground-contact post-activation-phase: from 0 to 30ms and 30 to 150 ms after ground-contact

Time frame: up to one week

Muscle activity of the gastrocnemius muscles during drop-jump, running and climbing stairs

RMS-values of gastrocnemius muscles during, drop-jump, running with 10, 12 and 15km/h and stair climbing: pre-activation-phase: 50ms before ground-contact post-activation-phase: from 0 to 30ms and 30 to 150 ms after ground-contact

Time frame: up to one week

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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