Abstract
BackgroundAnkle tape is widely used by athletes to prevent ankle sprain. Although there is growing evidence that ankle tape improve joint position sense, but yet it is not clear even if tape improve joint position sense after muscle fatigue, because fatigue impair joint position sense and raise the risk of ankle sprain. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of ankle tape on joint position sense after local muscle fatigue.MethodThis trial is a randomized controlled trial. 34 healthy subjects participated in this trial. Subjects were randomized distributed into two groups: with tape and without tape. Active and passive absolute error and variable error mean values for two target positions of the ankle joint (15° inversions and inversion minus 5°) before and after fatigue protocol consisted of 30 consecutive maximal concentric/concentric contractions of the ankle evertors and invertors. In this trail joint position sense for all subjects was assessed using The Biodex System isokinetic dynamometer 3, this system is used also for fatigue protocol.ResultsFor the variable error (VE), significant mean effect was found for active joint position sense in 15° of inversion after muscle fatigue (P < 0, 05). It was a significant decrease in the work in the last third of inversion detected (P < 0, 05). There was no significant main effect found for fatigue index of eversion.ConclusionAnkle tape can improve joint position sense at the fatigue session when joint position sense becomes worse. As a result, ankle tape may be useful to prevent ankle sprain during playing sports. We suggest athletes and individuals at risk of ankle sprain to apply taping before high-load activity.Trial registrationThe study was retrospectively registered on the ISRCTN registry with study ID ISRCTN30042335 on 12th December 2017.
Highlights
Ankle tape is widely used by athletes to prevent ankle sprain
For the variable error (VE), significant mean effect was found for active joint position sense in 15° of inversion after muscle fatigue (P < 0, 05)
Using the primary question of the effect of the ankle tape on joint position sense before and after fatigue, active and passive joint position senses for two target positions of the ankle joint (15° inversion and inversion minus 5°) were analysed individually using the paired t test to evaluate the effects of fatigue on joint position sense with and without ankle tape
Summary
Ankle tape is widely used by athletes to prevent ankle sprain. Many risk factors have been reported in the literature for inversion ankle sprain, and are traditionally divided into intrinsic and extrinsic categories. Individual characteristic such as sex, weight, age, history of ankle sprain, joint laxity, functional instability, muscle strength, and proprioception are nominated as intrinsic factors. Outside effects such as quality of training, exercise load, play level, field conditions, shoe type, ankle bracing, and taping [10, 11]
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