Effect Of Kinesio Tape Application Research Articles

The Effect of Kinesio Tape Application on Back Pain, Breastfeeding Success and Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Levels in Mothers: A Protocol of Randomized Controlled Trial

Bu protokol çalışmasının amacı Kinezyo Bant (KB) uygulamasının emziren annelerde sırt ağrısına emzirme başarısına ve emzirme öz yeterliğe etkisini inceleyecek bir çalışma tasarımını sunmaktır. Araştırma tek merkezli, tek kör, paralel grup randomize kontrollü deneysel tasarımda planlanmış olup, araştırma SPIRIT'e uyumlu şekilde yürütülecektir. Çalışmanın örneklemini 0-6 aylık bebeği olan, aktif emzirmeyi sürdüren anneler oluşturacaktır. Çalışmanın örneklem büyüklüğü güç analizine göre belirlenmiş olup (n=60), anneler KB uygulanacak deney grubu (n=30) ve plasebo KB girişimi uygulanacak kontrol grubu (n=30) olmak üzere 2 gruba randomize şekilde atanacaktır. Deney grubundaki annelere gerilim ve açı verilen KB, kontrol grubunda yer alan annelere deney grubuyla aynı tür KB ile açısız ve gerilimsiz düz bantlama iki hafta boyunca haftada 2 kez uygulanacaktır. Bantlama yapılmadan önce, 7. ve 14. günlerde Visual Analog Ağrı Ölçeği, LATCH Emzirme Tanılama ve Değerlendirme Ölçeği ve Emzirme Öz Yeterlilik Ölçeği ile annelerden 3 ölçüm alınacaktır.

Effect of Kinesiotape Application on Knee Joint on Gait Kinematics in High Heels

Abstract: Today, millions of women wear high-heeled shoes daily, and although it has been suggested that the use of high-heeled (HH) shoes leads to an increased incidence of osteoarthritis, back pain, and deterioration of posture. The study aimed to investigate the kinetic and kinematic analysis in the lower extremities while walking on high-heeled shoes and compared kinesiotape application on knee joints with HH shoes. Methods: A three-dimensional quantitative gait evaluation was performed without tape and with wear HH shoes, with kinesio taping application on the knee. Twenty-four healthy females (age, 21.6 ± 0.7 years; height, 1.64 ± 4.2 cm; body mass, 57 ± 3.9 kg) participated in the study. Spatiotemporal parameters cadence and walking speed were significantly different among the trials. Results: Knee and hip joint sagittal plane range of motion were different with kinesin taping applications While knee joint total excursion (ROM) was 57,5±8.7 degrees with HH shoes, it was decreased to 54.05±5.8 tape application walking HH shoes. Knee external flexion moment during the early stance phase decreased significantly in kinesin taping with HH shoes. Conclusion: These findings showed that Kinesio taping application on quadriceps femoris muscles affected the stance phase of the gait cycle and reduced knee joint flexion degree and knee flexion moments while walking with HH shoes. Tape application may be an option to reduce the negative effect of wearing high-heeled shoes on the knee while walking, or to reduce knee pain, to provide support for knee deformities.

Effects of the direction of Kinesio taping on sensation and postural control before and after muscle fatigue in healthy athletes

In this study, Kinesio tape (KT) was applied in two different directions to the gastrocnemius muscle, the most important muscle in stance stability, to investigate the effect of different taping directions on overall balance and sensation systems before versus after muscle fatigue. The participants, comprising 45 healthy athletes, were randomly divided into three groups: the placebo taping group (PTG), the facilitation KT group (FKTG), and the inhibition KT group (IKTG). The tests involved in this study were a balance test, a superficial sensory function test, and a combined cortical sensation test. The data from these tests were collected before taping, after taping and a 10-min rest, and immediately after continuous heel raises were performed to fatigue. The results of the balance tests showed no significant group × time interaction, whether subjects stood barefoot on one foot or stood on a soft mat with eyes open or closed (p > 0.05). Only the sway distance and sway velocity of the center of pressure (COP) when subjects stood barefoot on one foot with eyes open were significantly higher in the inhibition taping group than in the placebo taping group (p < 0.05). In addition, significant differences were noted in the sway area and sway distance of the COP before taping, after taping, and after exercise to fatigue when the participants stood on the soft mat with their eyes open (p < 0.05). When the participants stood on the soft mat on one foot with their eyes closed, no significant differences were noted among the groups. When subjects stood on a soft mat on one foot with eyes open, significant improvements were noted after fatiguing exercise versus before taping for all three groups (p < 0.05). The results of the superficial sensory test showed no significant group × time interaction and no difference among the three taping conditions or before/after taping and after fatiguing exercise. Only in the two-point discrimination test was a sensory difference observed, with the facilitation taping group having a significantly shorter discrimination distance than the placebo taping and inhibition taping groups (p < 0.05). The present study showed that KT application for a simple balance task (e.g., barefoot on a hard floor with eyes open) may slightly influence postural control, especially when the inhibition method is used. However, more difficult balance tasks (e.g., barefoot on a soft mat with eyes closed) show no effect of KT application—either the facilitation method or the inhibition method—on posture control.

Effect of Kinesiotape Application on Knee Joint in Young Women Wearing High-Heeled Shoes

Effect of Kinesiotape Application on Knee Joint in Young Women Wearing High-Heeled Shoes

Effects of kinesio tape application on pain, anxiety, and menstrual complaints in women with primary dysmenorrhea: A randomized sham-controlled trial

AimTo investigate the effects of kinesio tape (KT) application on pain, anxiety, and menstrual complaints in women with PD and compare this application with control and sham tape (ST). MethodsFifty-one women with PD were randomized into three groups: KT, ST, and control groups. No tape application was performed in the control group. KT was applied on the sacral and suprapubic regions with the ligament technique in the KT group, while it was applied on the trochanter major with no technique in the ST group. Pain, anxiety level, and menstrual complaints were assessed before and after the applications. ResultsThe decreases in pain, anxiety levels, and some menstrual complaints after the application were higher in the KT group than those in the other two groups (p < 0.05). ConclusionKT application seems to be an effective method in decreasing pain, anxiety level, and some menstrual complaints in women with PD.

Effects of Kinesio tape application to trunk isokinetic strength in female participants

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to analyse the effects of KT on trunk strength with respect to different angular speeds when applied to the trunks of healthy women. Forty healthy female participants were randomly distributed into two groups: the placebo group (PG) in which placebo KT was applied and the experimental group (EG). Participants’ trunk concentric flexion and extension muscle strength were measured using an isokinetic dynamometer in two different angular speeds (60°/s − 180°/s). In both PG and EG groups, there was no significant difference measured immediately after taping at the two angular speed values. In the measurements taken 48 h later, as regards PG trunk flexion, extension muscle strength increased significantly (p = 0.0001) at 60°/sc. angular speed while, for the EG only, the strength of trunk extension muscle increased significantly (p = 0.002). It was observed, that to ensure an increase in strength, waiting for a certain length of time was required. Lower angular speeds and short-term applied KT improved the strength of the trunk extension muscle.

The Effects of Kinesio Tape Application on Functional Performance Measurements in Young Female Basketball Players with Chronic Ankle Instability

The Effects of Kinesio Tape Application on Functional Performance Measurements in Young Female Basketball Players with Chronic Ankle Instability

The effects of Kinesio Tape application with different verbal input given to with patients with rotator cuff tear

Purpose:Rototor cuff tears are most common of shoulder pain.and functional limitations. Kinesio tape (KT) are frequently used in the conservative treatment of shoulder pathology. Even if some studies showed that KT is effective on pain, we think that it is due to positive thoughts of the patients about KT. The aim of the study to investigate the effectiveness KT aplication with different verbal inputs on pain, function and range of motion (ROM) on patient with rotator cuff tear.Materials-Methods:97 patients (Group 1, n=32; Group 2, n=33, Group 3, n=32) were randomized into 3 groups according to verbal input given to patients about the effectiveness of KT; Group 1 (it has been limited evidence of KT is effective), Group 2 (it has been not known that KT is effective or not), Group 3 (it has been known that KT has excellent result). The same standard KT was applied to 3 groups. The rest, night and pain in activity were assessed by VAS before, after 30 min and 24 hours after KT application. ROM assessed by goniometer and the function was evaluated by Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) and ASES before and 24 hours of KT application. Minimal clinically important difference and effective were calculated for the assessments used in the study.Results:Demographic variables were not different between groups. Resting pain did not change in Group 1 and Group 2 (p˂0,05), however all pain parameters was significantly reduced in Group 3 (p = 0.001). Intra-group changes of ROM were not significant in all groups. DASH and ASES were significantly improved only Group 2 and 3. However, there were not significant different in terms of VAS, ROM, DASH and ASES among three groups (p˃0,05). The effect size was found in only positive verbal given group (Group 3) higher than the other groups, but the effect size was found very low.Conclusions:According to our result, KT application with positive input was found effective on pain and function. However effect size was very weak. In addition this improvement was not clinically significant.

Effect of kinesio tape application on hemiplegic shoulder pain and motor ability: a pilot study.

The aim of our single-group pre-post design pilot study was to evaluate the short-term effect of kinesio taping (KT) application on pain and motor ability of hemiplegic shoulder pain (HSP) patients. Eleven poststroke patients with HSP hospitalized in the Department of Neurology C, Loewenstein Rehabilitation Hospital, Raanana, Israel, received a KT application in addition to their usual rehabilitation protocol. KT, consisting of one to three strips according to a predefined algorithm, was applied to the painful shoulder region. A 10 cm Visual Analog Scale of shoulder pain at rest and at arm movement, active and passive pain-free abduction range of motion, Box & Blocks, and Fugl-Meyer upper extremity motor assessment were performed before treatment and 24 h after wearing the KT. After applying the KT, there was no significant change in any variables. Short-term KT application, used in our study, produced no change in shoulder pain, range of motion, or ability of upper limb in HSP patients. Additional studies should evaluate the effect of long-term application and different types of KT applications on HSP.

Kinesio Tape and Shoulder-Joint Position Sense

Joint position sense (JPS) is a key neuromuscular factor for developing and maintaining control of muscles around a joint. It is important when performing specialized tasks, especially at the shoulder. No researchers have studied how Kinesio Tape (KT) application affects JPS. To investigate the effects of KT application and no tape on shoulder JPS at increasing shoulder elevations in athletes. Cross-sectional study. University laboratory. A total of 27 healthy athletes who did not participate in overhead sports (age = 20.44 ± 1.05 years, height = 175.02 ± 11.67 cm, mass = 70.74 ± 9.65 kg) with no previous pathologic shoulder conditions volunteered for the study. All participants were from 1 university. Shoulder JPS was assessed at increasing elevations with and without KT application. Participants attempted to actively replicate 3 target positions with and without the KT and without visual guidance. We examined absolute and variable repositioning errors at increasing shoulder-elevation levels with and without KT application. Data revealed an interaction between tape and position for absolute error (F2,52 = 4.07, P = .02); simple effects revealed an increase in error, with KT demonstrating a 2.65° increase in error at 90° of elevation compared with no tape (t26 = 2.65, P = .01). The effect size was medium (ω(2) = .135). Variable error showed no interaction of tape and position (F2,52 = .709, P = .50). Further analysis of simple effects was not needed. However, we still calculated the effect size and observed small effect sizes for tape (ω(2) = .002), position (ω(2) = .072), and tape by position (ω(2) = .027). At 90° of elevation, shoulder JPS was impaired by the application of KT.

Effects of Kinesio Tape application to quadriceps muscles on isokinetic muscle strength, gait, and functional parameters in patients with stroke.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of Kinesio Tape (KT) application to quadriceps muscles on isokinetic muscle strength, gait, and functional parameters in patients with stroke. Twenty-four patients were allocated into KT and control groups. All patients participated in the same conventional rehabilitation program 5 times/wk for 4 wk. In addition, KT was applied to quadriceps muscles bilaterally to the patients in the KT group. Compared with baseline, peak torque levels increased significantly in both groups (all p < 0.05). However, change levels were significantly higher in the KT group than the control group at 60 degrees/second angular velocity (AV) in extension (p = 0.04) and 60 and 180 degrees/second AV in flexion (both p = 0.02) on the paretic side. Moreover, the change levels were more prominent in the KT group at 60 and 180 degrees/second AV in extension (p = 0.03 and p = 0.04, respectively) on the nonparetic side. Gait, balance, mobility, and quality of life values improved significantly in both groups (all p < 0.05), yet the change levels between the groups did not reach significance (p > 0.05). KT application to quadriceps muscles in addition to conventional exercises for 4 wk is effective on isokinetic but not functional parameters.

The effect of kinesio tape application on hamstring and gastrocnemius muscles in healthy young adults

Scarce evidence exists about effectiveness and mechanisms of action of Kinesio tape (KT) application. To evaluate the effect of KT application over the gastrocnemius or hamstring on range of motion and peak force. Thirty-six physical therapy students participated (18 per group). KT was applied with 30% tension for 48h to: Group 1 - the gastrocnemius; Group 2 - the hamstrings. The straight leg raise (SLR), knee extension angle (KEA), weight bearing ankle dorsiflexion, gastrocnemius, quadriceps and hamstrings peak forces were evaluated prior to application, 15min and 48h after. A significant increase of peak force in the gastrocnemius group appeared immediately and two days later; no immediate change of peak force in the hamstrings group, however, two days later, peak force significantly increased. SLR and ankle dorsiflexion increased immediately in the gastrocnemius group; KEA improved significantly only after two days. It is possible that certain muscles react differently when KT is applied, and the effect may be subsequently detected.

Effect of Kinesio Tape Application on Calf Pain and Ankle Range of Motion in Duathletes

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of the kinesio tape immediately after its application and after a duathlon competition on calf pain and the ankle range of motion in duathletes. A sample of 28 duathletes (age 29.11 ± 10.35 years; body height 172.57 ± 6.17 cm; body mass 66.63 ± 9.01 kg; body mass index 22.29 ± 2.00 kg/m(2)) were recruited from the competitors in a duathlon sprint. The Numerical Pain Rating Scale and ankle dorsiflexion range of motion measures were obtained at baseline, immediately after taping and 10 to 15 minutes after ending the duathlon competition. The kinesio tape was applied on the calf of duathletes 20 to 90 minutes before the competition, only on one of their legs (experimental leg) with the other leg acting as a control (control leg) in a randomized order. According to the between-group comparison, no differences were found immediately after the application of the kinesio tape and after the competition in the ankle range of motion and calf pain. However, a significant difference from baseline to immediately after taping was found in the ankle range of motion in the experimental leg. Applying the kinesio tape on the calf seems to immediately increase ankle dorsiflexion range of motion, but not after a duathlon competition. Applying the kinesio tape on the calf does not reduce muscle pain immediately or after a duathlon competition, but it appears to control an increase in pain.

The effect of kinesiotape application on functional performance in surgeons who have musculo-skeletal pain after performing surgery

Surgeons make up a unique group that is at risk for developing work-related musculoskeletal symptoms. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of Kinesiotape technique on pain and functional performance in surgeons who have musculoskeletal system pain after performing surgery. 32 surgeons between the ages of 27 and 44 yrs working in a university hospital were included. The Visual Analog Scale (VAS) was used to evaluate the surgeons' neck and low back pain and the Oswestry Low Back and Neck Disability Indexes were used to determine the impact of pain on daily living activities. First, surgeons were evaluated without Kinesiotape application, then evaluated again on the first day and fourth day of Kinesiotape application. The results showed that surgeons had a significant reduction in neck and low back pain (p < 0.05). There were improvements in both Oswestry Low Back Disability Index and Neck Disability Index scores when compared with their initial status (p < 0.05). After Kinesiotape application, neck and low back range of motions' scores showed an increase (p < 0.05). Findings demonstrated that Kinesio taping would be an effective method for reducing neck and low back pain and improving functional performance.

The effect of kinesiotape application on functional performance in surgeons having musculo-skeletal pain after surgery

The effect of kinesiotape application on functional performance in surgeons having musculo-skeletal pain after surgery