CONTEXT Kinesiology tape (KT) has become popular among athletes for both injury prevention and rehabilitation due to its reported therapeutic effects, including facilitation of lymphatic flow and enhanced peripheral blood flow. However, evidence to support such claims is insufficient. OBJECTIVE To determine whether KT improves skin blood flow (SkBF) responses in young, elite soccer players. ...

The purpose of this study was to examine the intra-tester and inter-tester reliability of chest expansion (CE) using a tape measure, in people with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and healthy subjects. Twenty-two subjects with AS with a mean age of 41.4 years and 25 healthy subjects with a mean age of 41.0 years were tested in two arm positions: hands on head and arms at the sides, the tape measure...

An alternative approach to applying entomopathogenic nematodes entails the distribution of nematodes in their infected insect hosts. Protection of the infected host from rupturing, and improving ease of handling, may be necessary to facilitate application. In this study our objective was to test the potential of a new method of formulating the infected hosts, i.e., enclosing the infected host i...

Patellar taping is a treatment adjunct commonly used in the management of anterior knee pain. The aim of this cross sectional study was to investigate the effects of medial glide patellar taping on sagittal plane lower-limb joint kinematics and knee pain during a unilateral squat in a symptomatic population complaining of anterior knee pain. Ten participants with a history of unilateral or bila...

/ This paper reports an assessment of various methods for sampling particulate surface contami^ nation for use in the field. The results from the study will be used to develop guidance for monitoring particulate surface contamination in the workplace. Three types of adhesive tape, two manual and two 'semi-automatic' wipe methods, and one Smair method were assessed. A field assessment of selecte...

Efficiently Scheduling Tape-resident Jobs Jing Shi, Chunxiao Xing, Lizhu Zhou Department of Computer Science and Technology Tsinghua University Beijing 100084, P.R.China [email protected], {xingcx, dcszlz}@tsinghua.edu.cn Tel: +86-10-62789150 Abstract Many large-scale data-intensive applications need to use tape library to manage large data sets, thus it is critical to study the onl...

Intra-urethral vaginal tape is a rare complication of tension-free vaginal tape (TVT) procedure. A 41year-old woman with intra-urethral vaginal tape after TVT procedure is presented. The presenting symptoms were urge incontinence and dysparonia. The patient has received anticholinergic drugs and vaginal estrogen, but the symptoms had not been resolved with both this regimen. The diagnosis was m...

This study reports the first experimental exploration of possible contagious yawning in monkeys. Twenty-two stumptail macaques (Macaca arctoides) were presented with video clips of either yawns or control mouth movements by conspecifics. At a group level, monkeys yawned significantly more often during and just after the yawn tape than the control tape. Supplementary analysis revealed that the y...