Is Kinesio Taping Application Effective on Decreasing Injury Risk for Tennis Players

NCT04059575 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 511
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 32
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Research design: The study protocol was approved and required permissions were taken from related tennis club officials, and a written consent was obtained from all the participants' parents about the study. Thirty-three young tennis players aged between 9 and 12 were included in our study. Assessment were done bare (no tape), after 45 min of performance plus kinesio taping application (PP application) and after 45 min of gold text FP kinesio taping application (GT application). We were randomly taped with either PP or GT taping applications using an online random allocation software program (GraphPad Software QuickCalcs, GraphPad Software Inc., La Jolla, CA, USA). Thirty min of rest was given between 2 taping applications after the removal of the first tape. One participant was not able to complete the second taping procedure. PP and GT taping applications were done by using kinesio taping muscle facilitation techniques to Quadriceps and Gastrosoleus muscles. I-shaped tape with a tension of 10-35% was used for muscle facilitation. All patients were assessed by an experienced physiotherapist, and the tapings were done by another experienced physiotherapist in order to provide a single blind structure of the study.

Conditions

Injury

Keywords

tennis; vertical jump; kinesio taping; thermography

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• termal analysis

  Quadriceps muscle was chosen from upper leg and gastro soleus muscle was chosen from lower leg region for thermal analysis. The thermo graphic assessment was performed by using FLIR E5 (FLIR Systems AB, Sweden) thermal camera in order to evaluate which muscles had the highest thermal activity while maintaining stable upright posture. The part of muscle with more activation (greater heat) was measured by the thermo graphic camera and the heat was recorded in centigrade. Each participant was thermo graphically evaluated in the same room (ambient temperature, 21°C) and participants were left for 10-20 minutes to 'acclimatize' to the thermographic imaging environment FLIR E5 Thermal Camera, with a resolution of 120 x 90 pixels was used for thermal imaging.

  2 hours

• vertical jump

  A vertical jump test was performed before and after the application of Kinesio taping® to their quadriceps and gastrocnemius muscles according to Kase's recommendations. The height and flight time data was collected using a portable optical timing system (Optojump Next; Microgate, Bolzano, Italy) during a counter movement jump. Mean maximum jump height and flight time were averaged from three attempts. Two-way repeated measures ANOVAs were used to assess the influence taping condition on vertical jump performance.

  1 hours

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• age

  through study completion, an average of 8 weeks

Study Arms (2)

PERFORMANCE PLUS

EXPERIMENTAL

performance plus better than GOLD TEX

Other: Kinesio Taping (Performance Plus)

GOLD TEX

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

GOLD TEX better than performance plus

Other: Kinesio taping (Gold Tex)

Interventions

Kinesio Taping (Performance Plus) OTHER

PP and GT taping applications were done by using kinesio taping muscle facilitation techniques to Quadriceps and Gastrosoleus muscles. I tape with a tension of 10-35% was used for muscle facilitation. All patients were assessed by an experienced physiotherapist, and the tapings were done by another experienced physiotherapist in order to provide a single blind structure of the study.

PERFORMANCE PLUS

Kinesio taping (Gold Tex) OTHER

PP and GT taping applications were done by using kinesio taping muscle facilitation techniques to Quadriceps and Gastrosoleus muscles. I tape with a tension of 10-35% was used for muscle facilitation. All patients were assessed by an experienced physiotherapist, and the tapings were done by another experienced physiotherapist in order to provide a single blind structure of the study.

GOLD TEX

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 9 Years - 12 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• at least playing tennis 2 years
• to be between 9 and 12 years
• no any sport activity-only tennis
• to be a volunteer

You may not qualify if:

• with soft tissue or bone problems affecting lower extremity,
• who had acute inflammation affecting lower extremity region,
• had scoliosis,
• who had undergone any orthopedic surgery,
• who had defined any pain or painful area at lower extremities and
• who were obese (BMI\>30 kg/m2).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Guven Health Group: lead
• Hacettepe University: collaborator
• Baskent University: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Guven Health Group

Ankara, 06500, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Publications (3)

• Bicici S, Karatas N, Baltaci G. Effect of athletic taping and kinesiotaping(R) on measurements of functional performance in basketball players with chronic inversion ankle sprains. Int J Sports Phys Ther. 2012 Apr;7(2):154-66.

  PMID: 22530190 RESULT

• Kirmizigil B, Chauchat JR, Yalciner O, Iyigun G, Angin E, Baltaci G. The Effectiveness of Kinesio Taping in Recovering From Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness: A Crossover Study. J Sport Rehabil. 2019 Oct 18;29(4):385-393. doi: 10.1123/jsr.2018-0389. Print 2020 May 1.

  PMID: 30860409 RESULT

• Thomas MG, Mohan D, Sahasi G, Prabhu GG. Personality and attitude correlates of drug abuse amongst students of a high school in Delhi: a replicated study. Indian J Med Res. 1979 Jun;69:990-5. No abstract available.

  PMID: 468356 RESULT

Related Links

• Kinesiotaping related articles

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Wounds and Injuries

Study Officials

• YESIM S CETINKAYA, MD

  Guven Health Group

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Masking Details: Thirty-three young tennis players aged between 9 and 12 yrs were recruited in the study. The exclusion criteria included those (a) with soft tissue or bone problems affecting lower extremity, (b) who had acute inflammation affecting lower extremity region, (c) had scoliosis, (d) who had undergone any orthopedic surgery, (e) who had defined any pain or painful area at lower extremities and (f) who were obese (BMI\>30 kg/m2
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PROFESSOR, PT, PH.D

Model Details: The part of muscle with more activation (greater heat) was measured by the thermo graphic camera and the heat was recorded in centigrade. Each participant was thermo graphically evaluated in the same room (ambient temperature, 21°C) and participants were left for 10-20 minutes to 'acclimatize' to the thermographic imaging environment FLIR E5 Thermal Camera, with a resolution of 120 x 90 pixels was used for thermal imaging and the Color Palette iron was chosen for displaying the images. It is indicated that IR imaging may be a reliable and valid measure of treatment outcomes with clinical utility and sensitivity

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 24, 2019
• First Posted: August 16, 2019
• Study Start: September 24, 2020
• Primary Completion: December 25, 2020
• Study Completion: January 30, 2021
• Last Updated: February 4, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-02

Locations

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