Kinesio Taping Effects on Knee Extension Force Among Soccer Players

NCT02167126 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: UFranca02
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 34
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Kinesio Taping (KT) is used often, but there is little scientific information on its effect. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of KT on knee extension force among soccer players. KT (K-Tape®) and Micropore (3M®) were applied on the right and left thighs of 34 professional soccer players (20 males and 14 females). Half of the participants had KT applied to the left and half to the right thigh. The subjects performed two maximal isometric voluntary contractions of the quadriceps pre, immediately post, and 24 hours after tape application. Isometric knee extension force was measured using a load cell and the following variables were assessed: peak force, time to peak force, rate of force development until peak force, time to peak rate of force development and 200 ms pulse. There were no statistically significant differences between KT and Micropore conditions or among testing sections (pre, post, and 24h after). Therefore, taping (independently of the type of tape used or time since application) did not affect the force-related measures assessed during maximal isometric voluntary knee extension trials performed by healthy professional athletes.

Conditions

Kinesio Taping Effects on Knee Extension Force

Keywords

Athletic Performance;; Muscle Strength;; Isometric Contraction;; Kinesio Taping

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Knee extension force

  To evaluate the effects of Kinesio Taping on knee extension force among soccer players. The participants performed two five-second maximal isometric voluntary knee extension trials during three testing sections: pre, immediately post, and 24 hours after application of the tapes.

  24 hours

Study Arms (2)

Kinesio Taping

EXPERIMENTAL

Kinesio Taping was applied as experimental group.

Device: Kinesio Taping; Device: Placebo Tape

Micropore

PLACEBO COMPARATOR

Micropore Tape was used as placebo tape

Device: Kinesio Taping; Device: Placebo Tape

Interventions

Kinesio Taping DEVICE

using the "V" technique, the knee was positioned at 45º of flexion, the origin of both tapes was located 10 cm below the anterior-superior iliac spine with one tape going laterally and one medially to the rectus femoris muscle belly, passing around the patella and finishing on the tibial tuberosity.

Kinesio Taping; Micropore

Placebo Tape DEVICE

Micropore tape was applied using the "V" technique, the knee was positioned at 45º of flexion, the origin of both tapes was located 10 cm below the anterior-superior iliac spine with one tape going laterally and one medially to the rectus femoris muscle belly, but because it is not elastic, the knee joint was not crossed and the end points were the medial and lateral aspects of the patella.

Kinesio Taping; Micropore

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 40 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• To participate the athletes had to be at least 18 years old and not have lower limb injuries at the time of testing

You may not qualify if:

• Younger than 18 years old

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Franca: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Franca

Franca, São Paulo, 14404600, Brazil

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Hsu YH, Chen WY, Lin HC, Wang WT, Shih YF. The effects of taping on scapular kinematics and muscle performance in baseball players with shoulder impingement syndrome. J Electromyogr Kinesiol. 2009 Dec;19(6):1092-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jelekin.2008.11.003. Epub 2009 Jan 14.

  PMID: 19147374 RESULT

• Serra MV, Vieira ER, Brunt D, Goethel MF, Goncalves M, Quemelo PR. Kinesio Taping effects on knee extension force among soccer players. Braz J Phys Ther. 2015 Mar-Apr;19(2):152-8. doi: 10.1590/bjpt-rbf.2014.0075. Epub 2015 Mar 13.

  PMID: 25789557 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Paulo RV Quemelo, PhD

  Universidade de Franca

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Paulo Quemelo

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 16, 2014
• First Posted: June 18, 2014
• Study Start: July 1, 2012
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2012
• Study Completion: August 1, 2012
• Last Updated: June 18, 2014

Record last verified: 2014-06

Locations

BR (1)