NCT03296865

Taping in Children With Cerebral Palsy

Completed NA Last updated 2 October 2017

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Kinesio taping in Cerebral Palsy in 11 participants. Completed in 1 March 2016.

Timeline

1 March 2014

Primary endpoint
3 March 2015

1 March 2016

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Adriana Neves Dos Santos
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	non randomized
Design	crossover
Masking	triple
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	11
Start date	1 March 2014
Primary completion	3 March 2015
Estimated completion	1 March 2016
Sites	1 location across Brazil

Drugs / interventions tested

• Kinesio taping

Conditions studied

• Cerebral Palsy — all drugs for Cerebral Palsy →

Sponsor

Adriana Neves Dos Santos

Who can join

Adults 6 to 16, any sex, with Cerebral Palsy. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Kinesio taping (KT) has been commonly used in rehabilitation in children with Unilateral Cerebral Palsy (UCP). However, there is a lack of studies that verified the effects of KT in CP. We aimed to verify the effects of KT in the performance of sit to stand movement (STS) in children with spastic UCP (USCP). A blinded, placebo and repeated-measure design was applied. The setting was the rehabilitation clinic of the university and care facilities. Eleven children, aged from 6 to 12 years old (10.5±-2.8 years), diagnosed with USCP, Gross Motor Function Classification System levels I and II were evaluated. KT was applied over rectus femoris (RF) muscle of the affected limb. We considered three taping conditions: KT, without KT (with tension) and placebo (KT without tension). Mean root mean square (mRMS) of RF; initial, final and peak angles, and range of motion of trunk, pelvis, hip, knee and ankles joints; and total duration of STS were considered. STS was evaluated from three seat heights, neutral (100%), lowered (80%) and elevated (120%). Mixed ANOVA test was applied for angular variables of hip, knee and ankle, and mRMS of RF. Repeated ANOVA was applied for angular variables of trunk and pelvis, total duration.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.