Effects of Muscle Fatigue and Kinesio Taping on Shoulder Position Sense

Effects of Muscle Fatigue and Kinesio Taping on Shoulder Joint Position Sense

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02104570

Enrollment

Registered

2014-04-04

Start date

2014-02-28

Completion date

2014-05-31

Last updated

2014-12-03

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Conditions

Fatigue, Proprioception

Keywords

Fatigue, Proprioception, Shoulder

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of Kinesio Taping on the position sense of shoulder after muscle fatigue.

Interventions

OTHERKinesio taping with tension

OTHERKinesio taping without tension

OTHERFatigue protocol

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

CROSSOVER

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 50 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Healthy participants

Exclusion criteria

* prior shoulder surgery * shoulder injury that required rehabilitation in the last 2 years * shoulder dislocation * ligamentous laxity

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Changes in joint repositioning angle errors	Baseline (in the beginning of the session, without taping), 5 minutes after taping (or equivalent time resting, in the control session) and average of 3 minutes after fatigue protocol.	The joint repositioning errors will be measured during active repositioning trials of shoulder abduction in scapular plane using an iPod app.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026