Kinesio tape test for sore muscles after exercise
Part of Bones, joints & muscles, Brain & nervous system, Pain clinical trials.
This study checks whether Kinesio tape changes how sore your muscles feel after workouts. You may help researchers learn if the tape reduces “delayed onset muscle soreness” after upper-body activity.
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Who can take part
- Be between 18 and 30 years old
- Have not done upper-arm strengthening exercises in the last month
- Have not regularly (about 2 times per month) done upper-arm strengthening with lengthening movements in the last 6 months
- Pass the study safety health screening (PAR-Q) and have no listed heart/blood pressure or related exercise-safety “yes” answers
- Avoid daily supplements or daily anti-inflammatory medicines
- Have no recent (past 6 months) neck or upper-arm injury/surgery, and no open or scabbed cuts where tape would go
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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