NCT05426772

Investigation of the Effect of Kinesiotape Applied With Exercise on Muscle Oxygenation With Moxy Muscle Oxygen Monitor

Completed NA Last updated 4 June 2024

What this trial tests

NA trial testing exercise and kinesiotaping in Healthy in 32 participants. Completed in 2 May 2023.

Timeline

16 September 2021

Primary endpoint
1 March 2023

2 May 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	na
Design	single group
Masking	none
Primary purpose	basic science
Enrollment	32
Start date	16 September 2021
Primary completion	1 March 2023
Estimated completion	2 May 2023
Sites	1 location across Turkey (Türkiye)

Drugs / interventions tested

• exercise and kinesiotaping

Conditions studied

• Healthy — all drugs for Healthy →
• Sedentary — all drugs for Sedentary →

Sponsor

Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University

Who can join

Adults 18 to 40, any sex, with Healthy or Sedentary. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Kinesio taping (KT) is an elastic adhesive tape with physiological effects, often used in rehabilitation and sports medicine. KT, which can stay in the body for 3 to 5 days, exerts a pulling force on the skin thanks to its wave-like structure and elasticity, and increases the gap between the subcutaneous soft tissue and fascia with its lifting effect. In this way, it reduces the superficial pressure and causes an increase in lymph circulation. In addition, with the effect it creates on the muscles, it allows maximum contraction and relaxation of the muscle and creates positive effects on the deep lymphatics. Another effective approach to increase blood circulation is exercise. Exercise, which is known to have many benefits, has been shown to increase both systemic circulation and muscle blood flow. There are findings in the literature that KT can increase the effectiveness of exercise, but it has been stated that this issue is not clear and more studies are needed. In order to evaluate the effects of KT on increasing the effectiveness of exercise and on circulation, the oxygen saturation of the muscle in the application area can be measured. As a matter of fact, "Moxy muscle oxygen monitor" has been used in the literature, which measures regional oxygen saturation (SmO2) and total hemoglobin (THb) in capillaries under the muscle. The Moxy muscle oxygen monitor is a lightweight (42 g) and small (dimensions: 61 × 44 × 21 mm) device that measures regional blood flow and oxygenation by placing it on the skin non-invasively with near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS). Its validity in measuring muscle oxygenation was vigorous or fairly good, and its reliability was found to be moderate to high in low-intensity exercises (SROC: r = 0.842-0.993, ICC: r = 0.773-0.992, p \< .01). It is thought that the application of KT, which is known to increase lymphatic and venous circulation, together with exercise will increase the amount of oxygen in the muscles. To the best of our knowledge in the literature, no study has been found in which this effect of KT is presented objectively. For this reason, it is aimed to examine muscle oxygenation with the Moxy muscle oxygen monitor, which provides objective data on KT applied with exercise.

Publications & conference data

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