Effect of Dynamic Taping on Landing Kinematics and Kinetics in Volleyball Players With Symptoms of Patellar Tendinopathy

NCT04480905 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: YM109067F
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 23
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Patellar tendinopathy (PT) is the common cause of anterior knee pain, particularly in sports required repeated jumping and landing, such as volleyball. PT clinically presents as anterior knee pain and localized tenderness at the patellar tendon. To evaluate the severity of symptoms of PT, the VISA-P questionnaire is a self-administered, well-validated, and widespread assessment tool. In the long term, athletes would land with knee avoidance patterns and transfer the load to the hip joint caused further hip-related injury. Lower extremities eccentric exercise has been proven the most beneficial treatment of PT. However, the course lasts for three to six months. For athletes who are still in season, it's difficult to get the immediate effect. A newly developed biomechanical taping, dynamic tape, considered to be beneficial for load absorption during muscle eccentric contraction during landing and further normalized the lower extremities load contribution by its viscoelasticity property. However, no past research has confirmed this effect. Therefore, the aims of the study are to translate the English VISA-P questionnaire to the Chinese and to study the reliability and validity of the Chinese version. In the next part, the investigators investigate the different landing biomechanics between individuals with and without patellar tendinopathy and establish the reliability of different landing tasks, and further explore whether the dynamic tape alters landing biomechanics in volleyball players.

Conditions

Biomechanical Phenomena

Keywords

patellar tendinopathy; volleyball; biomechanics; kinematics; kinetics; dynamic tape; landing; VISA-P; translation; Chinese

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (22)

• lower extremities joint angle

  hip joint flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, internal rotation, external rotation angle, knee joint flexion, extension angle, ankle joint dorsiflexion, plantarflexion, inversion, eversion angle

  pre-intervention

• lower extremities joint angle

  hip joint flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, internal rotation, external rotation angle, knee joint flexion, extension angle, ankle joint dorsiflexion, plantarflexion, inversion, eversion angle

  immediately after the intervention

• lower extremities joint angular velocity

  hip joint flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, internal rotation, external rotation angle, knee joint flexion, extension angle, ankle joint dorsiflexion, plantarflexion, inversion, eversion angle divided by time

  pre-intervention

• lower extremities joint angular velocity

  hip joint flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, internal rotation, external rotation angle, knee joint flexion, extension angle, ankle joint dorsiflexion, plantarflexion, inversion, eversion angle divided by time

  immediately after the intervention

• lower extremities joint angular acceleration

  lower extremities joint angular velocity divided by time

  pre-intervention

• lower extremities joint angular acceleration

  lower extremities joint angular velocity divided by time

  immediately after the intervention

• ground reaction force

  anterior, posterior, medial, lateral, vertical ground reaction force

  pre-intervention

• ground reaction force

  anterior, posterior, medial, lateral, vertical ground reaction force

  immediately after the intervention

• lower extremities joint force

  calculate the reaction force between segments

  pre-intervention

• lower extremities joint force

  calculate the reaction force between segments

  immediately after the intervention

• lower extremities joint moment

  calculate the reaction moment between segments

  pre-intervention

• lower extremities joint moment

  calculate the reaction moment between segments

  immediately after the intervention

• lower extremities joint power

  calculate the reaction moment between segments

  pre-intervention

• lower extremities joint power

  calculate the reaction moment between segments

  immediately after the intervention

• time to peak ground reaction force

  time period from initial contact to peak vertical ground reaction force

  pre-intervention

• time to peak ground reaction force

  time period from initial contact to peak vertical ground reaction force

  immediately after the intervention

• loading rate of ground reaction force

  peak vertical ground reaction force divided by time to peak ground reaction force

  pre-intervention

• loading rate of ground reaction force

  peak vertical ground reaction force divided by time to peak ground reaction force

  immediately after the intervention

• net joint work

  integral of joint power over time

  pre-intervention

• net joint work

  integral of joint power over time

  immediately after the intervention

• patellar tendon force

  knee joint moment divided by moment arm

  pre-intervention

• patellar tendon force

  knee joint moment divided by moment arm

  immediately after the intervention

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• lower extremities joint range of motion

  before the landing tasks

• lower extremities muscle force

  before the landing tasks

• lower extremities muscle length

  before the landing tasks

Study Arms (2)

Sham tape group

SHAM COMPARATOR

in supine, full knee extension position, apply the sham tape from the anterior inferior iliac crest to the middle of the lower leg

Device: Sham tape

Dynamic tape group

EXPERIMENTAL

in supine, full knee extension position, apply the dynamic tape from the anterior inferior iliac crest to the middle of the lower leg

Device: Dynamic tape

Interventions

Dynamic tape DEVICE

The dynamic tape will stick from anterior inferior iliac spine to the middle of the tibia in supine and full knee extension position

Dynamic tape group

Sham tape DEVICE

The 3M™ Soft Cloth Tape will stick from anterior inferior iliac spine to the middle of the tibia in supine and full knee extension position

Sham tape group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 16 Years - 35 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• at the age of 16 to 35 years old
• volleyball players joined the school team or professional level
• over 90 minutes of training time per week -

You may not qualify if:

• unbearable pain occurred at the patellar tendon when conducting landing tasks
• there are currently other acute injuries to the lower extremity
• lower extremity has undergone surgery or fracture in the past
• with a history of rheumatoid arthritis, systematic and neurological diseases -

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University: lead

Study Sites (1)

National Yang Ming University

Taipei, 11221, Taiwan

Location

Study Officials

• Yi-Fen Shih, PhD

  Department of Physical Therapy and Assistive Technology, National Yang-Ming University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 1, 2020
• First Posted: July 22, 2020
• Study Start: July 20, 2020
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2022
• Study Completion: July 1, 2022
• Last Updated: October 28, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TW (1)