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Strength and Muscle Activation of Runners Quadriceps After 8 Weeks of Intervention With Elastic Bandage

NCT04888520 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 52

Last updated 2021-05-17

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Summary

It is a controlled and randomized clinical trial with the objective of verifying the acute and chronic effects (8 weeks) of elastic banding in runners. Thus, we have as hypotheses of this research: The elastic bandage indirectly influences the muscular strength to the extent that it supposedly can alter the muscular activation verified through the surface electromyography in individuals submitted to the training as the running training. The elastic bandage has clinical significance, however, it does not present statistical significance on muscle strength and activation in individuals submitted to training as running training. To confirm these hypotheses, the muscle strength of the flexors and extensors of the right knee will be checked by means of the isokinetic dynamometer and the muscular activation of the extensors of the right knee (rectus femoris muscle) will be assessed by means of surface electromyography. The elastic bandage will be applied according to a specific protocol in "I" over the muscular belly of the right femoral rectus muscle (which will be submitted to evaluations). All participants will be evaluated without applying adhesive tape and will receive the first application of the tape without tension. Then, after 20 minutes of rest, they will be reassessed with the tape. Participants will be randomized into two groups and both will receive the adhesive tape (with or without tension according to randomization). Then the evaluations will be repeated (all will be reevaluated without the tape and with the tape (with or without tension according to the protocol).

Conditions

  • Muscle Strength

Interventions

DEVICE

Adhesive elastic bandage

The base of the tape should be applied 5 cm below the origin of the rectus femoris (lower anterior iliac spine), going towards its insertion (base of the patella, through supra-patellar ligament), without tension in this part of the tape (2 to 3 cm initial) in order to avoid discomfort. The application mode will be in "I" ("I-strip"). The participants will be in the supine position, with the hip flexed at 30° and the knee flexed at 60°. The applications of the tape will be carried out every Monday, before the first day of running training of the week and should remain until Friday, when it will be removed by the researcher after the last day of running training of the week. If the elastic bandage unstuck alone from the skin before this period, the event should be immediately reported to the therapist.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Rodrigo Antonio Carvalho Andraus

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marieli R Stocco, PhD Student

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-06-01
Primary Completion
2021-08-01
Completion
2021-09-15

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