OBJECTIVE In part, the believed effectiveness of taping in preventing injuries may be in the increased proprioception that it provides through stimulation of cutaneous mechanoreceptors. The objective of this study was to examine the effectiveness of strips of athletic tape applied over the skin of the ankle in improving ankle joint movement and position perception. DESIGN AND SETTING The stud...

STUDY DESIGN Randomized, controlled, crossover trial. OBJECTIVES To examine the effects of elastic therapeutic taping (ETT) applied to the lumbar paraspinal region on back muscle endurance (BME) compared to no tape or a rigid therapeutic taping (RTT) procedure in individuals with nonspecific low back pain. BACKGROUND Elastic therapeutic taping is an increasingly popular intervention for cli...

Over the last three decades, the uses of elastic adhesive taping methods have gained in popularity especially during the Olympic competitions in 2008 [1-3]. After lot of research and experimentations, Dr Kenzo Kase [4] pioneered the introduction of the Kinesio Taping (KT) in Japan in the late 1970s, as a new form of applying the adhesive tape. The tape is made of a polymer elastic and adhesive ...

Abstract Sports coaches help athletes develop and improve their skills by assessing ability to perform motion primitives that make up functional sports tasks. coaching today is mostly done visually, which demands constant attention can be imprecise. While sensors like electronic textiles surface electromyography measure muscle engagement, they are susceptible movement artifacts noise due electr...

Taping has long been used by health professionals to provide mechanical support for the musculoskeletal system. However, there is insufficient evidence demonstrate effect of Dynamic® taping. The aim this study was investigate taping on vertical jump and medial longitudinal arch height in adolescent volleyball players with navicular drop. Material Methods: 23 female athletes participated (mean a...

Taping is often used to manage the high rate of knee injuries in ballet dancers; however, little is known about the effect of taping on lower-limb biomechanics during ballet landings in the turnout position. This study investigated the effects of Kinesiotape (KT), Mulligan's tape (MT) and no tape (NT) on knee and hip kinetics during landing in three turnout positions. The effect of taping on th...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of Kinesio Tex tape and its method of application, Kinesio Taping (KT) on knee extensor performance before and after an exhaustive isometric knee extension exercise. DESIGN Single-blinded, randomized control trial. SETTING Centre for Sports Training and Rehabilitation at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. PARTICIPANTS Twenty-six healthy volunteers with ...

objective: this study compared the tension-free vaginal tape (tvt) and transobturator tape (tot) procedures for surgical treatment of stress urinary incontinence in women. materials and methods: this prospective non randomized clinical trial was conducted in vali-e-asr hospital from march 2001 to march 2005. a total of 71 patients with clinical and urodynamic diagnosis of stress urinary inconti...