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NCT Number: NCT06616493

Tianjin University of Sport

Knee joint is one of the most important joints of the human body. It plays a vital role in basketball, football, volleyball and other sports that need to do repeated jumping and landing in high-speed sports. However, the rate of knee joint injury is high in sports, and knee joint injury often occurs in single leg landing. It is related to the decrease of flexion angle of hip and knee joint on the supporting side, the increase of extension and valgus moment, and the increase of ground reaction force. Kinesio taping has been widely used in the field of sports protection in recent years, but whether it can correct injury-related biomechanical risk factors is still controversial, and there are few studies on the timeliness changes of kinesio taping. Therefore, starting from the above concerns, this study compares the differences in biomechanical characteristics of lower limb joints in knee joints under three conditions : kinesio taping, placebo taping and no taping. At the same time, the changes of biomechanical characteristics of lower limbs before and after taping were observed in order to provide reference for the application of knee joint kinesio taping in sports injury protection.

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Key information

Conditions

Effects of Kinesio Taping on Lower Extremity Biomechanical Characteristics

Age range

21 year–24 year

Sex eligibility

Male

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Wei Zheng

Tianjin, Tianjin Municipality, 301617, China

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • between 18-25 years old;
  • BMI between 18.5-23.9kg/m2;
  • no injury history or surgery history in recent six months.

Exclusion criteria

  • kinesio taping allergy.

Treatment and study plan

Kinesio Taping

Other

measure the subjects' lower extremity biomechanical characteristics with 3 different conditions respectively (kinesio taping, placebo kinesio taping, no taping)

Primary outcomes

  1. hip flexion/extension angle at the initial touchdown moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    hip flexion/extension angle in sagittal plane at the initial touchdown moment

  2. hip varus/valgus angle at the initial touchdown moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    hip varus/valgus angle in frontal plane at the initial touchdown moment

  3. hip external/internal rotation angle at the initial touchdown moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    hip external/internal rotation angle in transverse plane at the initial touchdown moment

  4. knee flexion/extension angle at the initial touchdown moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    knee flexion/extension angle in sagittal plane at the initial touchdown moment

  5. knee varus/valgus angle at the initial touchdown moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    knee varus/valgus angle in frontal plane at the initial touchdown moment

  6. knee external/internal rotation angle at the initial touchdown moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    knee external/internal rotation angle in transverse plane at the initial touchdown moment

  7. ankle dorsiflexion/plantarflexion angle at the initial touchdown moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    ankle dorsiflexion/plantarflexion angle in sagittal plane at the initial touchdown moment

  8. ankle varus/valgus angle at the initial touchdown moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    ankle varus/valgus angle in frontal plane at the initial touchdown moment

  9. ankle external/internal rotation angle at the initial touchdown moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    ankle external/internal rotation angle in transverse plane at the initial touchdown moment

  10. hip flexion/extension angle at the peak vertical ground reaction force (v-GRF) moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    hip flexion/extension angle in sagittal plane at the peak v-GRF moment

  11. hip varus/valgus angle at the peak vertical ground reaction force (v-GRF) moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    hip varus/valgus angle in frontal plane at the peak v-GRFmoment

  12. hip external/internal rotation angle at the peak vertical ground reaction force (v-GRF) moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    hip external/internal rotation angle in transverse plane at the peak v-GRF moment

  13. knee varus/valgus angle at the peak vertical ground reaction force (v-GRF) moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    knee varus/valgus angle in frontal plane at the peak v-GRF moment

  14. knee external/internal rotation angle at the peak vertical ground reaction force (v-GRF) moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    knee external/internal rotation angle in transverse plane at the peak v-GRF moment

  15. knee flexion/extension angle at the peak vertical ground reaction force (v-GRF) moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    knee flexion/extension angle in sagittal plane at the peak v-GRF moment

  16. ankle dorsiflexion/plantarflexion angle at the peak vertical ground reaction force (v-GRF) moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    ankle dorsiflexion/plantarflexion angle in sagittal plane at the peak v-GRF moment

  17. ankle external/internal rotation angle at the peak vertical ground reaction force (v-GRF) moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    ankle external/internal rotation angle in transverse plane at the peak v-GRF moment

  18. ankle varus/valgus angle at the peak vertical ground reaction force (v-GRF) moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    ankle varus/valgus angle in frontal plane at the peak v-GRF moment

  19. hip flexion/extension joint torque at the initial touchdown moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    hip flexion/extension joint torque in sagittal plane at the initial touchdown moment

  20. hip varus/valgus joint torque at the initial touchdown moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    hip varus/valgus joint torque in the frontal plane at the initial touchdown moment

  21. hip internal/external rotation joint torque at the initial touchdown moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    hip internal/external rotation joint torque in the transverse plane at the initial touchdown moment

  22. knee flexion/extension joint torque at the initial touchdown moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    knee flexion/extension joint torque in sagittal plane at the initial touchdown moment

  23. knee varus/valgus joint torque at the initial touchdown moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    knee varus/valgus joint torque in the frontal plane at the initial touchdown moment

  24. knee internal/external rotation joint torque at the initial touchdown moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    knee internal/external rotation joint torque in the transverse plane at the initial touchdown moment

  25. ankle dorsiflexion/plantarflexion joint torque at the initial touchdown moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    knee dorsiflexion/plantarflexion joint torque in sagittal plane at the initial touchdown moment

  26. ankle varus/valgus joint torque at the initial touchdown moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    ankle varus/valgus joint torque in the frontal plane at the initial touchdown moment

  27. ankle internal/external rotation joint torque at the initial touchdown moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    ankle internal/external rotation joint torque in the transverse plane at the initial touchdown moment

  28. hip flexion/extension joint torque at the peak v-GRF moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    hip flexion/extension joint torque in sagittal plane at thepeak v-GRFmoment

  29. hip varus/valgus joint torque at the peak v-GRF moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    hip varus/valgus joint torque in the frontal plane at the peak v-GRF moment

  30. hip internal/external rotation joint torque at the peak v-GRF moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    hip internal/external rotation joint torque in the transverse plane at the peak v-GRF moment

  31. knee flexion/extension joint torque at the peak v-GRF moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    knee flexion/extension joint torque in sagittal plane at the peak v-GRF moment

  32. knee varus/valgus joint torque at the peak v-GRF moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    knee varus/valgus joint torque in the frontal plane at the peak v-GRF moment

  33. knee internal/external rotation joint torque at the peak v-GRF moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    knee internal/external rotation joint torque in the transverse plane at the peak v-GRF moment

  34. ankle dorsiflexion/plantarflexion joint torque at the peak v-GRF moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    ankle dorsiflexion/plantarflexion joint torque in sagittal plane at the peak v-GRF moment

  35. ankle varus/valgus joint torque at the peak v-GRF moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    ankle varus/valgus joint torque in the frontal plane at the peak v-GRF moment

  36. ankle internal/external rotation joint torque at the peak v-GRF moment

    Time frame: from enrollment to immediately after kinesio taping application

    ankle internal/external rotation joint torque in the transverse plane at the peak v-GRF moment

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Tianjin University of Sport

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2023
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Sep 27, 2024
Registry last updated
Sep 27, 2024

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