The Effectiveness of Kinesio® Tex Tape on Gluteus Medius Activation in Dancers

Sponsor

NYU Langone Health (Other)

Overall Status

Withdrawn

CT.gov ID

NCT02741479

Collaborator

(none)

Enrollment

Location

Arms

Actual Duration (Months)

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

The purpose of this research is to determine if a specific type of elasticated athletic tape (Kinesio Tex Tape) increases muscle activation among professional level dancers. Investigators will determine if changes in muscle activation with the elasticated tape differ from changes experienced with no tape and/or sham tape, and if it coincides with subjective sense of muscle activation.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Gluteus Medius Activation	Other: Airplane Test	N/A

Study Design

Study Type:

Interventional

Actual Enrollment :

0 participants

Allocation:

Randomized

Intervention Model:

Parallel Assignment

Masking:

Double (Participant, Investigator)

Primary Purpose:

Supportive Care

Official Title:

The Effectiveness of Kinesio® Tex Tape on Gluteus Medius Activation in Dancers

Actual Study Start Date :

Jan 1, 2017

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Dec 1, 2017

Actual Study Completion Date :

Dec 1, 2017

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: K Tape Group	Other: Airplane Test The airplane test requires the subject to bend forward, bringing the upper body and one leg horizontal, making a "T" position with the body with the arms out to the sides while in single-leg stance; they then bend the supporting leg, bringing the finger tips towards the floor, followed by straightening the supporting leg and bringing the arms back out to the sides. This motion is repeated five times on each leg per trial. The airplane will be performed to a metronome to standardize performance time
Active Comparator: Sham Group	Other: Airplane Test The airplane test requires the subject to bend forward, bringing the upper body and one leg horizontal, making a "T" position with the body with the arms out to the sides while in single-leg stance; they then bend the supporting leg, bringing the finger tips towards the floor, followed by straightening the supporting leg and bringing the arms back out to the sides. This motion is repeated five times on each leg per trial. The airplane will be performed to a metronome to standardize performance time
Experimental: No Tape	Other: Airplane Test The airplane test requires the subject to bend forward, bringing the upper body and one leg horizontal, making a "T" position with the body with the arms out to the sides while in single-leg stance; they then bend the supporting leg, bringing the finger tips towards the floor, followed by straightening the supporting leg and bringing the arms back out to the sides. This motion is repeated five times on each leg per trial. The airplane will be performed to a metronome to standardize performance time

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: K Tape Group

Other: Airplane Test

The airplane test requires the subject to bend forward, bringing the upper body and one leg horizontal, making a "T" position with the body with the arms out to the sides while in single-leg stance; they then bend the supporting leg, bringing the finger tips towards the floor, followed by straightening the supporting leg and bringing the arms back out to the sides. This motion is repeated five times on each leg per trial. The airplane will be performed to a metronome to standardize performance time

Active Comparator: Sham Group

Other: Airplane Test

Experimental: No Tape

Other: Airplane Test

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Change in Muscle Activity measured via electromyography [Baseline and 1.5 hours]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

18 Years to 35 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

Uninjured professional level dancers

Exclusion Criteria:

Non-professional level of dance or non-dancer; obesity (body mass index greater than 30 kg/m²)
A history of major back, abdominal, or lower extremity surgery
A history of muscle diseases; a history of serious cardiovascular diseases (e.g., cardiac insufficiency, arrhythmia, severe hypertension, vascular insufficiency)
A history of serious respiratory diseases; major fractures of the lower extremities; lower extremity or trunk injury within the last year; a history of surgery within the last year, a history of stroke, acute, or chronic infections; serious metabolic diseases
Glaucoma
Structural disease or severe congenital deformities of the spine of a high degree
Inguinal, femoral, or umbilical hernia; or diseases related to body equilibrium.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	New York University School of Medicine	New York	New York	United States	10016

Sponsors and Collaborators

NYU Langone Health

Investigators

Principal Investigator: Donald Rose, MD, New York University Medical School

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

NYU Langone Health

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT02741479

Other Study ID Numbers:

15-00705

First Posted:

Apr 18, 2016

Last Update Posted:

Dec 14, 2017

Last Verified:

Dec 1, 2017

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product:

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product:

Keywords provided by NYU Langone Health

dancers

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Dec 14, 2017