Efficacy of kinesiotaping on ACL injury in kabaddi players

Abstract

Introduction and Aim: Kabaddi is a classical game in India. It is very fast, rough and tough. Body injuries are very common in it. Like many other sports, it’s a vigorous body contact game. Due to the contact nature of this sport, injury was relatively common. Ligaments that is most affected by sudden movements in kabaddi is the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Most of the players quit playing kabaddi due to the severity of injury. There is a lot of study done using kinesiotaping for ligament injuries in various sports. But, study done on kabaddi players is comparatively less than other sports players. Knee injury is most commonly seen in kabaddi players. This study focuses on reducing pain and improving the functional ability of knee joint using kinesiotape in kabaddi players. To find the effectiveness of kinesiotaping on Anterior Cruciate Ligament injury of knee in kabaddi players. Materials and Methods: Thirty players were selected, based on selection criteria among them 15 players were group A and 15 players belongs to group B and with the knowledge of the subjects, anterior drawer test was done to assess the ACL injury. Anterior cruciate ligament quality of life questionnaire was done on pretest followed by intervention of treatment protocol. Group A undergone Kinesiotaping with knee strengthening exercises and group B undergone knee strengthening exercise. Posttest was done after 2 weeks using anterior cruciate ligament quality of life questionnaire. Results: There was a significant difference between two groups was improving the functional ability. In group A (kinesiotaping with knee strengthening exercise) were more effective than group B (knee strengthening exercise). This implies that kinesiotaping was more beneficial in improving functional ability.