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Kinesiology Taping and Ankle Stability in Acute Injuries During Stair Descent

NCT06936033 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 27

Last updated 2025-04-20

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Summary

Background: Acute ankle injuries are common in sports and daily activities. Kinesiology taping enhances lower limb motion patterns, joint stability, and balance during descending stair activity in such patients. The objective of this study was to conduct a comparative analysis of the biomechanical impacts exerted by a KT group and an ST group on the lower limbs of patients with acute ankle injuries while descending stairs.

Methods: The study included 27 participants with acute ankle injuries, who underwent biomechanical assessment under both KT and ST conditions. An integrated Vicon motion capture system, AMTI force platform, and electromyography (EMG) sensors were utilized to comprehensively evaluate biomechanical performance. Participants completed 20 descending stair trials under each condition, with joint stiffness, center of mass (COM), and bone displacement identified as key metrics for assessing stability. Statistical analyses, including paired t-tests and statistical parametric mapping (SPM1D), were employed to identify significant biomechanical differences between the two conditions.

Conditions

  • Ankle Injuries

Interventions

OTHER

Kinesiology taping

This study used Kinesio taping as an intervention to compare the biomechanical effects of stair descent in patients with acute ankle injuries before and after taping. Participants participated in two intervention conditions: the KT experimental group (Kinetoscopy taping) and the ST control group (no Kinesio taping), and each condition performed 20 separate stair descent tests.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ningbo University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • dong yao gu · Ningbo University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Weeks
Max Age
44 Weeks
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-09-11
Primary Completion
2025-02-07
Completion
2025-02-22

Countries

  • China

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