NCT05564585

Effect Kinesio Taping on Acute-onset Muscle Soreness and Calf Muscle Extensibility Among Endurance Athletes

Immediate Effect oF Kinesio Taping on Calf Soreness and Extensibility Among Endurance Athletes

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 55 (actual)
• Sponsor: AMIR IQBAL · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 10 Years – 20 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

In recent years, athletes have frequently utilized Kinesio tape (KT) to enhance their performance. Despite widespread use, data regarding its efficacy and mechanism of action is lacking among healthy endurance athletes. This study aims to determine the effect of KT application on acute-onset muscle soreness and the extensibility of the calf muscles in endurance athletes.

Detailed description

The study followed a single-blinded one-arm crossover repeated-measures randomized controlled design and included fifty-five endurance athletes (mean age, 16.40±2.69) from different stadia in Delhi, India. Outcome measures, including the ankle dorsiflexion range of motion (ADFROM), were measured using a universal goniometer before, immediately after application of either KT or Sham tape, and after treadmill running. However, the pain due to acute-onset muscle soreness was measured using a numeric pain rating scale (NPRS) immediately, 10 min, and 30 min after treadmill running.

Conditions

• Muscle Soreness

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Kinesio Taping	Kinesio tape was applied over the calf muscle of either leg.
OTHER	Sham Taping	The sham tape was applied over the calf muscle of either leg.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-07-24
• Primary completion: 2018-11-18
• Completion: 2019-01-20
• First posted: 2022-10-03
• Last updated: 2022-10-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Saudi Arabia