<clinical_study>
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  <required_header>
    <download_date>ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on September 20, 2023</download_date>
    <link_text>Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.</link_text>
    <url>https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01726634</url>
  </required_header>
  <id_info>
    <org_study_id>CAAE 06221012.9.0000.5505</org_study_id>
    <nct_id>NCT01726634</nct_id>
  </id_info>
  <brief_title>Performance Evaluation on the Upper Limb Closed Kinetic Chain Test After Scapular Elastic Taping on Jiu Jitsu Practitioners</brief_title>
  <sponsors>
    <lead_sponsor>
      <agency>Federal University of São Paulo</agency>
      <agency_class>Other</agency_class>
    </lead_sponsor>
  </sponsors>
  <source>Federal University of São Paulo</source>
  <brief_summary>
    <textblock>
      Evaluate if the elastic tapping application on the scapular region can interferer immediately&#xD;
      on the performance during the upper limb closed kinetic chain test on jiu jitsu&#xD;
      practitioners.&#xD;
    </textblock>
  </brief_summary>
  <detailed_description>
    <textblock>
      Since the 2008 Olympic Games the elastic tapping has become popularized and used in many&#xD;
      different professional and amateur practitioners of physical activity. However, the effects&#xD;
      that their creators claim to have, the improvement of proprioception, muscular activity and&#xD;
      pain has not yet been proved.&#xD;
&#xD;
      There is a lack of studies on the literature involving the using of elastic tapping and&#xD;
      clinical functional tests, evaluating the differences on groups that where and where not&#xD;
      submitted to the tape. The use of the bandage on healthy population has enhanced force sense&#xD;
      in grip strength, and may increase the range of motion of the lower trunk. When applied on&#xD;
      the triceps surae there was no increase on the height size of the jump task.&#xD;
&#xD;
      The purpose of this study is to analyze if the elastic tapping application on healthy&#xD;
      practitioners of jiu jitsu can improve their performance on upper limb closed kinetic chain&#xD;
      test.&#xD;
&#xD;
      It will be a randomized controlled trial with the CONSORT bases with 64 participants that&#xD;
      will be divided into two groups:&#xD;
&#xD;
        -  Control Group that will perform the upper limb closed kinetic chain test without any&#xD;
           tapping and then tested again after applied a placebo tapping that will be placed&#xD;
           vertically, against the orientation of the muscles that retrench the scapulas on the&#xD;
           trunk.&#xD;
&#xD;
        -  Intervention Group that will perform the upper limb closed kinetic chain test without&#xD;
           any tapping and then tested again after applied a specific elastic tapping that is&#xD;
           indicated to increase the activation of the lower and medium trapezius and the&#xD;
           rhomboids, muscles responsible for retrench the scapula on the trunk.&#xD;
&#xD;
      The improvement of the test is upon the number of touches performed by the volunteer on a&#xD;
      stated period of time (15 seconds). The best score of touches of three times trials will be&#xD;
      taken as the mark of individuals of both groups, before and after utilizing the placebo and&#xD;
      intervention kinesio tappings.&#xD;
&#xD;
      The investigators hypotheses is that after applying the tapping that improve the activation&#xD;
      of the muscles of the scapulas, the practitioner will be able to improve the number of&#xD;
      touches on the test.&#xD;
&#xD;
      Results will be expressed as hazard ratios (HR) with their respective confidence intervals at&#xD;
      95% and adopting α = 0.05. All analyzes will be performed by SPSS version 17.0.&#xD;
    </textblock>
  </detailed_description>
  <overall_status>Unknown status</overall_status>
  <last_known_status>Recruiting</last_known_status>
  <start_date>March 2012</start_date>
  <completion_date type="Anticipated">May 2013</completion_date>
  <primary_completion_date type="Anticipated">November 2012</primary_completion_date>
  <phase>N/A</phase>
  <study_type>Interventional</study_type>
  <has_expanded_access>No</has_expanded_access>
  <study_design_info>
    <allocation>N/A</allocation>
    <intervention_model>Single Group Assignment</intervention_model>
    <masking>Double (Participant, Investigator)</masking>
  </study_design_info>
  <primary_outcome>
    <measure>Difference on the number of touches at the upper limb closed kinetic chain test</measure>
    <time_frame>Procedure consist in a 20-minute intervention and patients are not further followed</time_frame>
    <description>The subject will perform the test initially without the elastic taping and the number of touches he made will be marked. After waiting 10 minutes one of the elastic tapes (the sham or the interventional) will be applied and the practicer will perform the test again. The number of touches will be marked once more. It will be analyzed if there were any difference on the number of touches between the participants of the groups sham/interventional.</description>
  </primary_outcome>
  <number_of_arms>1</number_of_arms>
  <enrollment type="Anticipated">64</enrollment>
  <condition>Healthy</condition>
  <arm_group>
    <arm_group_label>Elastic Tapping</arm_group_label>
    <arm_group_type>Experimental</arm_group_type>
  </arm_group>
  <intervention>
    <intervention_type>Other</intervention_type>
    <intervention_name>Elastic Tapping</intervention_name>
    <arm_group_label>Elastic Tapping</arm_group_label>
  </intervention>
  <eligibility>
    <criteria>
      <textblock>
        Inclusion Criteria:&#xD;
&#xD;
          -  Practitioner of jiu jitsu for at least 12 months,&#xD;
&#xD;
          -  No complain of pain on the upper limb on the last seven days.&#xD;
&#xD;
        Exclusion Criteria:&#xD;
&#xD;
          -  Any episode of fracture on the upper limb (shoulder, elbow and wrist) on the last six&#xD;
             months,&#xD;
&#xD;
          -  To have any systemic inflammatory disease that restrains the subject of performing the&#xD;
             test&#xD;
      </textblock>
    </criteria>
    <gender>Male</gender>
    <minimum_age>18 Years</minimum_age>
    <maximum_age>50 Years</maximum_age>
    <healthy_volunteers>Accepts Healthy Volunteers</healthy_volunteers>
  </eligibility>
  <location>
    <facility>
      <name>Universidade Federal de São Paulo</name>
      <address>
        <city>São Paulo</city>
        <state>SP</state>
        <zip>04039-001</zip>
        <country>Brazil</country>
      </address>
    </facility>
    <status>Recruiting</status>
    <contact>
      <last_name>Sao Paulo Federal University</last_name>
      <email>cete@uol.com.br</email>
    </contact>
    <investigator>
      <last_name>Rafael T Duarte</last_name>
      <role>Principal Investigator</role>
    </investigator>
  </location>
  <location>
    <facility>
      <name>Universidade Federal de São Paulo</name>
      <address>
        <city>São Paulo</city>
        <state>SP</state>
        <zip>04039-001</zip>
        <country>Brazil</country>
      </address>
    </facility>
    <status>Recruiting</status>
    <contact>
      <last_name>Universidade São Paulo</last_name>
      <email>cete@uol.com.br</email>
    </contact>
  </location>
  <location_countries>
    <country>Brazil</country>
  </location_countries>
  <verification_date>November 2012</verification_date>
  <study_first_submitted>October 31, 2012</study_first_submitted>
  <study_first_submitted_qc>November 11, 2012</study_first_submitted_qc>
  <study_first_posted type="Estimate">November 15, 2012</study_first_posted>
  <last_update_submitted>November 11, 2012</last_update_submitted>
  <last_update_submitted_qc>November 11, 2012</last_update_submitted_qc>
  <last_update_posted type="Estimate">November 15, 2012</last_update_posted>
  <responsible_party>
    <responsible_party_type>Principal Investigator</responsible_party_type>
    <investigator_affiliation>Federal University of São Paulo</investigator_affiliation>
    <investigator_full_name>Rafael Turqueto Duarte</investigator_full_name>
    <investigator_title>Rafael Turqueto Duarte</investigator_title>
  </responsible_party>
  <keyword>upper limb</keyword>
  <keyword>functional test</keyword>
  <keyword>elastic tape</keyword>
  <!-- Results have not yet been posted for this study                                          -->
</clinical_study>


download date: ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on September 20, 2023
link text: Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.
url: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01726634
org study id: CAAE 06221012.9.0000.5505
nct id: NCT01726634
lead sponsor: 
Evaluate if the elastic tapping application on the scapular region can interferer immediately
      on the performance during the upper limb closed kinetic chain test on jiu jitsu
      practitioners.
Since the 2008 Olympic Games the elastic tapping has become popularized and used in many
      different professional and amateur practitioners of physical activity. However, the effects
      that their creators claim to have, the improvement of proprioception, muscular activity and
      pain has not yet been proved.

      There is a lack of studies on the literature involving the using of elastic tapping and
      clinical functional tests, evaluating the differences on groups that where and where not
      submitted to the tape. The use of the bandage on healthy population has enhanced force sense
      in grip strength, and may increase the range of motion of the lower trunk. When applied on
      the triceps surae there was no increase on the height size of the jump task.

      The purpose of this study is to analyze if the elastic tapping application on healthy
      practitioners of jiu jitsu can improve their performance on upper limb closed kinetic chain
      test.

      It will be a randomized controlled trial with the CONSORT bases with 64 participants that
      will be divided into two groups:

        -  Control Group that will perform the upper limb closed kinetic chain test without any
           tapping and then tested again after applied a placebo tapping that will be placed
           vertically, against the orientation of the muscles that retrench the scapulas on the
           trunk.

        -  Intervention Group that will perform the upper limb closed kinetic chain test without
           any tapping and then tested again after applied a specific elastic tapping that is
           indicated to increase the activation of the lower and medium trapezius and the
           rhomboids, muscles responsible for retrench the scapula on the trunk.

      The improvement of the test is upon the number of touches performed by the volunteer on a
      stated period of time (15 seconds). The best score of touches of three times trials will be
      taken as the mark of individuals of both groups, before and after utilizing the placebo and
      intervention kinesio tappings.

      The investigators hypotheses is that after applying the tapping that improve the activation
      of the muscles of the scapulas, the practitioner will be able to improve the number of
      touches on the test.

      Results will be expressed as hazard ratios (HR) with their respective confidence intervals at
      95% and adopting α = 0.05. All analyzes will be performed by SPSS version 17.0.
allocation: N/A
intervention model: Single Group Assignment
masking: Double (Participant, Investigator)
measure: Difference on the number of touches at the upper limb closed kinetic chain test
time frame: Procedure consist in a 20-minute intervention and patients are not further followed
description: The subject will perform the test initially without the elastic taping and the number of touches he made will be marked. After waiting 10 minutes one of the elastic tapes (the sham or the interventional) will be applied and the practicer will perform the test again. The number of touches will be marked once more. It will be analyzed if there were any difference on the number of touches between the participants of the groups sham/interventional.
arm group label: Elastic Tapping
arm group type: Experimental
intervention type: Other
intervention name: Elastic Tapping
arm group label: Elastic Tapping
criteria: 
gender: Male
minimum age: 18 Years
maximum age: 50 Years
healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
facility: 
status: Recruiting
contact: 
investigator: 
facility: 
status: Recruiting
contact: 
country: Brazil
responsible party type: Principal Investigator
investigator affiliation: Federal University of São Paulo
investigator full name: Rafael Turqueto Duarte
investigator title: Rafael Turqueto Duarte