NCT04352192

Effect of Kinesiotaping on Muscle Activity

The Effect of Kinesiotaping on Bioelectrical Muscle Activity

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 38 (actual)
• Sponsor: Bezmialem Vakif University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 30 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of the investigator's study is to analyze the effect of kinesiotaping (KT) on the electrical activity of the muscle by using time and frequency domain analysis of the electromyography (EMG) signals.

Detailed description

The kinesiotaping (KT) is a taping technique that is commonly used to improve muscle performance and facilitate or inhibit muscle activity in rehabilitation. A study reported that KT application did not change electrical activity in the early period (immediately after KT, 5th and 10 minutes after KT). However, another study showed that EMG activity increased 24 hours after KT application. A study revealed that the KT produced more EMG activity compare to placebo taping. In conclusion, the effect of KT on electrical muscular activity was arguable in the literature.

Conditions

• Healthy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Kinesiotaping	For kinesiotaping, the elbow positioned in 30°-45° flexion and kinesiotaping facilitation technique is applied origin to insertion of biceps brachii muscle.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-08-12
• Primary completion: 2020-08-12
• Completion: 2021-08-13
• First posted: 2020-04-20
• Last updated: 2021-09-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)