Healthy Adults
Conditions
Keywords
kinesio taping, sensorimotor control
Brief summary
We explored the effect of Kinesio taping with different tension on hand force control, joint proprioception, reaction time and brain activity. Healthy participants randomly received three wrist/finger flexor taping conditions: (1) taping with 20% additional tension (taping20), (2) taping with neutral tension (tapingN), and (3) without taping (control). Grip force, wrist joint angle, electroencephalogram and electromyogram were recorded during proprioception and force control tasks to determine the effects of Kinesio taping on sensorimotor control.
Detailed description
Sensorimotor control involves the integration of sensory information in the brain to ensure appropriate joint position, force control and timing during movement. Kinesio taping can provide additional sensory input and improve sensorimotor control performance. Hand function is important in daily activities and fine control of the fingers and wrist is required in many sports. Therefore, we explore the effect of Kinesio taping with different tension on hand force control, joint proprioception, reaction time and brain activity. This is an observational study with single-group repeated-measures design. Participants will be randomly received three wrist/finger flexor taping conditions: (1) taping with 20% additional tension (taping20), (2) taping with neutral tension (tapingN), and (3) without taping (control). Grip force, wrist joint angle, electroencephalogram and electromyogram were recorded during proprioception and force control tasks.Repeated-measures one-way analysis of variance and the Bonferroni post hoc comparison test determined the differences among the taping conditions. The Pearson correlation test determined the correlation between changes in motor performance and brain activities. Statistical significance was set at .05.
Interventions
OTHERKinesio tape
Kinesio tape (kinesio taping; kinesio holding corporation,USA) was placed on the skin above muscle belly of finger flexor. There were three types of taping: Taping20 condition - tape was pulled from the wrist to the proximal forearm. The two ends of the tape (\ 5 cm) were held by the therapist and the middle area was pulled 20% additional tension. TapingN condition - tape was pulled with neutral tension. Control condition - no taping.
Sponsors
National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to 40 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
1\. Healthy adults who are 20-40 years old
Exclusion criteria
1. Have irreversible injury on forearm, wrist or hand 2. Feel pain or any uncomfortable symptom on forearm, wrist or hand 3. Muscular disease on upper extremity in 6 months 4. Impaired sensation 5. Allergy to Kinesio tape 6. Neurological disease
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Reaction time | measured immediately after the tape is applied | The ability to generate grip force as soon as hearing a beep sound |
| Joint position sense | measured immediately after the tape is applied | The ability to accurately generate joint wrist flexion at 15 degree |
| Force sense | measured immediately after the tape is applied | The ability to accurately generate 20% of maximal voluntary grip force |
| Corticomuscular coherence | measured immediately after the tape is applied | Level of EEG and EMG synchronization in frequency domain when participants maintain 20% maximal voluntary contraction for 30 seconds, as an indicator of functional connectivity between motor cortex and muscle |
| EEG | measured immediately after the tape is applied | Level of the power of EEG when participants maintain 20% maximal voluntary contraction for 30 seconds, as an indicator of synchronization/desynchronization of the motor cortex |
Countries
Taiwan
Outcome results
None listed