Eligibility Details:
Inclusion Criteria:
- 18 to 30 years old
Exclusion Criteria:
- Participating in any strengthening exercises or activities of the upper extremities
for the past month.
- Regularly (~2x per month) participating in strengthening exercises or activities that
include lengthening actions of the upper extremity for the past 6 months.
- An answer of yes to any of the seven questions on the first page of the 2019 Physical
Activity Readiness Questionnaire [PAR-Q: 16] indicating that the subject is not
physically ready for exercise without a medical exam. These exclusions include the
following:
- If participant's doctor has ever said that he/she has a heart condition or high
blood pressure
- Pain in chest at rest, during daily activities of living, or when doing physical
activity
- If participant has ever lost balance because of dizziness or has lost
consciousness in the past 12 months
- If the participant currently has (or have had within the past 12 months) a bone,
joint, or soft tissue (muscle, ligament, or tendon) problem that could be made
worse by becoming more physically activity
- If participant is currently taking prescribed medications for a chronic medical
condition
- If the participant's doctor has ever told them that they should only do medically
supervised physical activity.
- Currently taking nutritional supplements or anti-inflammatory medication on a daily
basis
- Any injury or surgery to the neck or upper extremity in the past 6 months
- Open or scabbed wounds in the arm area to be taped
- Known allergies to the tape or medical adhesive bandages
- If skin irritation develops to the tape
Session exclusion criteria:
â— Taking over-the-counter pain medications on days of testing, prior to testing sessions,
including acetaminophen (Tylenol) and nonsteroidal inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), including
ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil) or naproxen (Aleve, Naprosyn).