Isokinetic training enhanced by kinesio tape for quadriceps muscle weakness post lower limb healed burn

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the effect of isokinetic training enhanced by Kinesio tape (KT) on weak quadriceps muscle following healed lower limb burn. Design: A double-blinded, randomized, controlled trial. Setting: Outpatient, Kasr El Aini Hospital, and Orabi Hospital. Participants: Sixty patients with weak quadriceps of dominant lower limb following healed partial thickness burn. Thirty to forty percent of their total body surface area (TBSA) was affected by burn including the anterior thigh. They were distributed randomly into two groups; the isokinetic training and Kinesio tape group, and the isokinetic training group. Intervention: group (A); 30 patients who received isokinetic training (concentric and eccentric contraction exercises) of the quadriceps muscle (dominant side) at an angular velocity of 90°/s, three times per week, and Kinesio tape was applied twice per week, group (B): 30 patients who received isokinetic training in the form of (concentric and eccentric contraction exercises) of the quadriceps muscle (dominant side) at an angular velocity of 90°/s, three times per week. All groups were evaluated pre-treatment and after 8 weeks from the beginning of the treatment.