Background & Aims: Grip strength plays a fundamental role in many daily activities of upper extremities. Reduced grip strength is common in patients with some musculoskeletal disorders in upper extremities. Kinesio taping of the forearm area might help to facilitate muscle contraction through stimulating the skin mechanoreceptors and consequently increasing sensory feedbacks around the taped ar...

OBJECTIVES Kinesio tape (KT) is a commonly used intervention in sports. It claims to be able to alter the muscle activity, in terms of both facilitation and inhibition, by certain application methods. This study compared the neuromuscular activity of the wrist extensor muscles and maximal grip strength with facilitatory, inhibitory KT, and tapeless condition in healthy adults who were ignorant ...

BACKGROUND It is unclear whether traditional application of Kinesio taping, which produces wrinkles in the skin, is effective for improving blood circulation. This study investigated local skin temperature changes after the application of an elastic therapeutic tape using convolution and non-convolution taping methods (CTM/NCTM). MATERIAL AND METHODS Twenty-eight pain-free men underwent CTM and...

BACKGROUND Kinesio Taping (KT) is widely used, however the effects of KT on muscle activation and force are contradictory. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of KT on knee extension force in soccer players. METHOD This is a clinical trial study design. Thirty-four subjects performed two maximal isometric voluntary contractions of the lower limbs pre, immediately post, and 24 hours after tape...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effect of kinesio tape (KT) on proprioception of the ankle. DESIGN Case-control study. SETTING Controlled laboratory. PARTICIPANTS Twenty-eight subjects participated in this study: 14 subjects were in the control group (no history of ankle injuries) and 14 subjects were in the functional ankle instability (FAI) group (history of ankle injuries and a recent histor...

Bichectomy surgery has been increasingly widespread and performed as an aesthetic, functional, or aesthetic-functional treatment. This study aims to describe the surgical technique of bichectomy with application Kinesio tape verify its effectiveness in controlling edema formation, measurement four postoperative periods. Through a split-mouth, double-blind, randomized study, 13 participants who ...

background due to the fundamental role of gripping in most upper limb activities, grip strength promotion is a chief goal in the treatment of patients with upper limb musculoskeletal disorders. kinesio taping is a novel and effective therapeutic technique believed to facilitate muscle contraction through stimulating mechanoreceptors and increasing the sensory feedback around the taped region. o...

Elastic Therapeutic (Kinesio Tape) has rapidly become a recognised therapeutic modality in many musculoskeletal and neurological disorders. This tape, applied with a certain amount of stretch to its own paper backing is known under many names making research into it a challenging task. Its recoil properties make it a very suitable tool to assist in current scoliosis management. The studies of t...