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NCT Number: NCT04922775

The Application of Traditional Chinese Medicine Functional Reduction in Muscle Fatigue

In this study, 45 healthy participants between 20 and 40 of age will be included. After obtaining the consent, the participants will be categorized into two(A&B) groups randomly for cross-over study. Each of group will accept either conventional taping or Chinese medicine technique taping before muscle fatigue exercise. To compare the preventive effect, Myoton PRO, pulse analysis equipment, etc will be applied for evaluation. The application of Chinese medicine technique (ie. Chinese medicine functional reduction) taking the kinetic chain into consideration may improve body's functional movement.

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Key information

Conditions

Muscle Fatigue

Age range

20 year–40 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

China Medical University

Taichung, 404, Taiwan

About this study

Nowadays, the importance of exercise is highly valued. The prevalence of sports injury is also increasing and may be associated with muscle fatigue. Therefore, the study focused on the prevention of common muscle fatigue in legs during exercise. With the modern sport medicine knowledge and kinesio taping, the investigators tried to figure out whether muscle fatigue can be diminished through the concept of Chinese medicine channel sinews techniques in advance. In this study, 45 healthy participants between 20 and 40 of age will be included. The exclusion criteria are as follows: i.pregnancy ii.current health problem iii.injuries of legs within a month. After obtaining the consent, the participants will be categorized into two(A&B) groups randomly for cross-over study. Each of group will accept either conventional taping or Chinese medicine technique taping before muscle fatigue exercise. To compare the preventive effect, Myoton PRO, pulse analysis equipment, etc will be applied for evaluation. The application of Chinese medicine technique (ie. Chinese medicine functional reduction) taking the kinetic chain into consideration may improve body's functional movement. Our goal is to enhance the coordination of the entire body structure, not merely the partial body structure improvement. In this way, it will benefit the prevention of exercise injuries and therapeutic effect.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • participants between 20 and 40 of age

Exclusion criteria

  • i.pregnancy ii.current health problem iii.injuries of legs within a month

Treatment and study plan

conventional taping

Procedure

Participants will accept conventional taping before muscle fatigue exercise.

Chinese medicine technique taping

Procedure

Participants will accept Chinese medicine technique taping before muscle fatigue exercise.

Primary outcomes

  1. Muscle tone

    Time frame: one week

    The soft tissue will be evaluated by Myoton PRO. The muscle tone is measured by the "oscillation frequency (HZ)" characterizing the tone of a muscle in its passive or resting state without any voluntary contraction. Abnormally high muscle tine would slow the muscle recovery.

  2. Muscle stiffness

    Time frame: one week

    The soft tissue will be evaluated by Myoton PRO. The muscle stiffness is evaluated by the "dynamic stiffness (N/m)" characterizing the resistance to a contraction or to an external force that deforms its initial shape. Abnormally high stiffness may lead to an inefficient economy of movement.

  3. Muscle elasticity

    Time frame: one week

    The muscle elasticity is evaluated by the "logarithmic decrement" of a tissue's natural oscillation characterizing the ability to recover its initial shape after a contraction of removal an external force of deformation. If the decrement of a muscle decreases, the muscle elasticity increases.

  4. Muscle relaxation

    Time frame: one week

    The muscle relaxation is evaluated by the "mechanical stress relaxation time (ms)" characterizing the time for a muscle to recover its shape from deformation after a voluntary contraction or a removal of an external force.

  5. Muscle creep

    Time frame: one week

    The creep is evaluated by the "ratio of deformation and relaxation time" characterizing the gradual elongation of tissue over time when placed under a constant tensile stress.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Pain scale

    Time frame: one week

    Pain assessment by the Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale. The scale shows a series of faces ranging from a happy face at 0, or "no hurt", to a crying face at 10, which represents "hurts like the worst pain imaginable".

  2. Pulse wave

    Time frame: one week

    Radial pulse wave analysis

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

China Medical University, Taiwan

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2020
Study completion
2020
First posted
Jun 11, 2021
Registry last updated
Jun 11, 2021

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