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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT02290743
Date of registration: 11/11/2014
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
Public title: Effect of Kinesio Taping on Muscle Strength in Quadriceps Femoris
Scientific title: The Effect of One Application of Kinesio Tape on Muscle Strength in Quadriceps Femoris on Patients With Knee Problems or Pain and Weak Quadriceps Femoris - a Randomized Controlled Trial
Date of first enrolment: November 2014
Target sample size: 57
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02290743
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Norway
Contacts
Name:     Grethe Myklebust, Phd, PT
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Affiliation:  Department of Sports Medicine
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Shoulder problems

- Low muscle strength in quadriceps femoris

- Positive manual recoil-test for the quadriceps femoris

Exclusion Criteria:

- Knee surgery <3 month

- Pathology in the knee related to tumors, fractures, neurology, rupture of tendons



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 67 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Muscle Weakness
Anterior Knee Pain
Knee Symptoms
Intervention(s)
Other: Kinesio tape
Primary Outcome(s)
Muscle strength [Time Frame: 30 minutes]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Self-reported strength - effort scale [Time Frame: 30 minutes]
Time of break force [Time Frame: 30 minutes]
Secondary ID(s)
KT-QF
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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