Muscle FatigueNCT04922775
The Application of Traditional Chinese Medicine Functional Reduction in Muscle Fatigue
A study testing conventional taping and Chinese medicine technique taping in people with Muscle Fatigue, run by China Medical University, Taiwan at 1 site in Taiwan.
Trial summary
In this study, 45 healthy participants between 20 and 40 of age will be included. After obtaining the consent, the participants will be categorized into two(A\&B) groups randomly for cross-over study. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 20 to 40 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Muscle Fatigue
- What is being tested?
- conventional taping and Chinese medicine technique taping
- Type of treatment
- Surgery or procedure
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 45 participants
- Where
- 1 siteTaiwan
- Study dates
- 18 Aug 2020to 26 Dec 2020
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 20 to 40 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Adult
Who may be able to join
- participants between 20 and 40 of age
Who cannot join
- i.pregnancy ii.current health problem iii.injuries of legs within a month
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
In this study, 45 healthy participants between 20 and 40 of age will be included. After obtaining the consent, the participants will be categorized into two(A\&B) groups randomly for cross-over study. Each of group will accept either conventional taping or Chinese medicine technique taping before muscle fatigue exercise. To compare the preventive effect, Myoton PRO, pulse analysis equipment, etc will be applied for evaluation. The application of Chinese medicine technique (ie. Chinese medicine functional reduction) taking the kinetic chain into consideration may improve body's functional movement.
Read the detailed description
Nowadays, the importance of exercise is highly valued. The prevalence of sports injury is also increasing and may be associated with muscle fatigue. Therefore, the study focused on the prevention of common muscle fatigue in legs during exercise. With the modern sport medicine knowledge and kinesio taping, the investigators tried to figure out whether muscle fatigue can be diminished through the concept of Chinese medicine channel sinews techniques in advance. In this study, 45 healthy participants between 20 and 40 of age will be included. The exclusion criteria are as follows: i.pregnancy ii.current health problem iii.injuries of legs within a month. After obtaining the consent, the participants will be categorized into two(A\&B) groups randomly for cross-over study. Each of group will accept either conventional taping or Chinese medicine technique taping before muscle fatigue exercise. To compare the preventive effect, Myoton PRO, pulse analysis equipment, etc will be applied for evaluation. The application of Chinese medicine technique (ie. Chinese medicine functional reduction) taking the kinetic chain into consideration may improve body's functional movement. Our goal is to enhance the coordination of the entire body structure, not merely the partial body structure improvement. In this way, it will benefit the prevention of exercise injuries and therapeutic effect.
- Conditions
- Muscle Fatigue
- Being tested
- conventional taping, Chinese medicine technique taping
- Keywords
- taping, Chinese medicine reduction, muscle fatigue
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
conventional tapingProcedure or surgery
Participants will accept conventional taping before muscle fatigue exercise.
Chinese medicine technique tapingProcedure or surgery
Participants will accept Chinese medicine technique taping before muscle fatigue exercise.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| conventional taping-Chinese medicine technique taping | Other | Participants will accept conventional taping before muscle fatigue exercise for the first course then accept Chinese medicine technique taping before muscle fatigue exercise for the second course. Receives: Procedure: conventional taping; Procedure: Chinese medicine technique taping |
| Chinese medicine technique taping-conventional taping | Other | Participants will accept Chinese medicine technique taping before muscle fatigue exercise for the first course then accept conventional technique taping before muscle fatigue exercise for the second course. Receives: Procedure: conventional taping; Procedure: Chinese medicine technique taping |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Muscle tone
The soft tissue will be evaluated by Myoton PRO. The muscle tone is measured by the "oscillation frequency (HZ)" characterizing the tone of a muscle in its passive or resting state without any voluntary contraction. Abnormally high muscle tine would slow the muscle recovery.
Measured: one week
Muscle stiffness
The soft tissue will be evaluated by Myoton PRO. The muscle stiffness is evaluated by the "dynamic stiffness (N/m)" characterizing the resistance to a contraction or to an external force that deforms its initial shape. Abnormally high stiffness may lead to an inefficient economy of movement.
Measured: one week
Muscle elasticity
The muscle elasticity is evaluated by the "logarithmic decrement" of a tissue's natural oscillation characterizing the ability to recover its initial shape after a contraction of removal an external force of deformation. If the decrement of a muscle decreases, the muscle elasticity increases.
Measured: one week
Muscle relaxation
The muscle relaxation is evaluated by the "mechanical stress relaxation time (ms)" characterizing the time for a muscle to recover its shape from deformation after a voluntary contraction or a removal of an external force.
Measured: one week
Muscle creep
The creep is evaluated by the "ratio of deformation and relaxation time" characterizing the gradual elongation of tissue over time when placed under a constant tensile stress.
Measured: one week
Secondary outcomes (2)
Pain scale
Pain assessment by the Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale. The scale shows a series of faces ranging from a happy face at 0, or "no hurt", to a crying face at 10, which represents "hurts like the worst pain imaginable".
Measured: one week
Pulse wave
Radial pulse wave analysis
Measured: one week
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted11 Jun 2021
- Study start18 Aug 2020
- Primary completion26 Dec 2020
- Study completion26 Dec 2020
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Muscle FatigueStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Crossover
- Model description
- Participants will be categorized into two (A\&B) groups randomly for cross-over study. A group will accept conventional taping before muscle fatigue exercise for the first course then accept Chinese medicine technique taping before muscle fatigue exercise for the second course. B group will accept Chinese medicine technique taping before muscle fatigue exercise for the first course then accept conventional technique taping before muscle fatigue exercise for the second course.
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 45 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- China Medical University, Taiwan
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Han-Kuei Wu, China Medical University, Taiwan
- Investigators
- Chia-Hung Tien, Bachelor, Study director, China Medical University, Taiwan
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04922775
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- TCM-Taping
- Status last verified
- Jun 2021
- First submitted
- 1 Jun 2021
- Last updated
- 11 Jun 2021
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 11 Jun 2021. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- The Application of Traditional Chinese Medicine Functional Reduction in Muscle Fatigue
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04922775
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- TCM-Taping
- Conditions
- Muscle Fatigue
- Keywords
- taping, Chinese medicine reduction, muscle fatigue
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 45 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- China Medical University, TaiwanUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 18 Aug 2020 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 26 Dec 2020 (actual)
- Study completion
- 26 Dec 2020 (actual)
- First posted
- 11 Jun 2021 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
In this study, 45 healthy participants between 20 and 40 of age will be included. After obtaining the consent, the participants will be categorized into two(A\&B) groups randomly for cross-over study. Each of group will accept either conventional taping or Chinese medicine technique taping before muscle fatigue exercise. To compare the preventive effect, Myoton PRO, pulse analysis equipment, etc will be applied for evaluation. The application of Chinese medicine technique (ie. Chinese medicine functional reduction) taking the kinetic chain into consideration may improve body's functional movement.
Detailed description
Nowadays, the importance of exercise is highly valued. The prevalence of sports injury is also increasing and may be associated with muscle fatigue. Therefore, the study focused on the prevention of common muscle fatigue in legs during exercise. With the modern sport medicine knowledge and kinesio taping, the investigators tried to figure out whether muscle fatigue can be diminished through the concept of Chinese medicine channel sinews techniques in advance. In this study, 45 healthy participants between 20 and 40 of age will be included. The exclusion criteria are as follows: i.pregnancy ii.current health problem iii.injuries of legs within a month. After obtaining the consent, the participants will be categorized into two(A\&B) groups randomly for cross-over study. Each of group will accept either conventional taping or Chinese medicine technique taping before muscle fatigue exercise. To compare the preventive effect, Myoton PRO, pulse analysis equipment, etc will be applied for evaluation. The application of Chinese medicine technique (ie. Chinese medicine functional reduction) taking the kinetic chain into consideration may improve body's functional movement. Our goal is to enhance the coordination of the entire body structure, not merely the partial body structure improvement. In this way, it will benefit the prevention of exercise injuries and therapeutic effect.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Crossover
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- Participants will be categorized into two (A\&B) groups randomly for cross-over study. A group will accept conventional taping before muscle fatigue exercise for the first course then accept Chinese medicine technique taping before muscle fatigue exercise for the second course. B group will accept Chinese medicine technique taping before muscle fatigue exercise for the first course then accept conventional technique taping before muscle fatigue exercise for the second course.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| conventional taping-Chinese medicine technique taping | Other | Procedure: conventional taping, Procedure: Chinese medicine technique tapingParticipants will accept conventional taping before muscle fatigue exercise for the first course then accept Chinese medicine technique taping before muscle fatigue exercise for the second course. |
| Chinese medicine technique taping-conventional taping | Other | Procedure: conventional taping, Procedure: Chinese medicine technique tapingParticipants will accept Chinese medicine technique taping before muscle fatigue exercise for the first course then accept conventional technique taping before muscle fatigue exercise for the second course. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 20 to 40 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Adult
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- participants between 20 and 40 of age
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- i.pregnancy ii.current health problem iii.injuries of legs within a month
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| conventional tapingParticipants will accept conventional taping before muscle fatigue exercise. | Procedure or surgery | Chinese medicine technique taping-conventional taping, conventional taping-Chinese medicine technique taping |
| Chinese medicine technique tapingParticipants will accept Chinese medicine technique taping before muscle fatigue exercise. | Procedure or surgery | Chinese medicine technique taping-conventional taping, conventional taping-Chinese medicine technique taping |
Primary outcome
Muscle tone
Time frame: one week
The soft tissue will be evaluated by Myoton PRO. The muscle tone is measured by the "oscillation frequency (HZ)" characterizing the tone of a muscle in its passive or resting state without any voluntary contraction. Abnormally high muscle tine would slow the muscle recovery.
Muscle stiffness
Time frame: one week
The soft tissue will be evaluated by Myoton PRO. The muscle stiffness is evaluated by the "dynamic stiffness (N/m)" characterizing the resistance to a contraction or to an external force that deforms its initial shape. Abnormally high stiffness may lead to an inefficient economy of movement.
Muscle elasticity
Time frame: one week
The muscle elasticity is evaluated by the "logarithmic decrement" of a tissue's natural oscillation characterizing the ability to recover its initial shape after a contraction of removal an external force of deformation. If the decrement of a muscle decreases, the muscle elasticity increases.
Muscle relaxation
Time frame: one week
The muscle relaxation is evaluated by the "mechanical stress relaxation time (ms)" characterizing the time for a muscle to recover its shape from deformation after a voluntary contraction or a removal of an external force.
Muscle creep
Time frame: one week
The creep is evaluated by the "ratio of deformation and relaxation time" characterizing the gradual elongation of tissue over time when placed under a constant tensile stress.
2 secondary outcomes
Pain scale
Time frame: one week
Pulse wave
Time frame: one week
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 11 Jun 2021.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Chia-Hung Tien, Bachelor study director
China Medical University, Taiwan
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing conventional taping and Chinese medicine technique taping in people with Muscle Fatigue, run by China Medical University, Taiwan at 1 site in Taiwan.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 11 Jun 2021. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Taiwan. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Muscle tone (time frame: one week). The study lists 5 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 11 Jun 2021.