#KT TAPE KNEE PATELLA PAIN SKIN#

We hypothesized that KT has a positive effect on knee proprioception and quadriceps performance within a short period and can act as a novel technology for preventing musculoskeletal injuries. Seeing that running activity is common in competitive sports, running-related injuries was common in the knee joint, our study included runners and performing multiple sets of comparisons to explore difference in proprioception and quadriceps performance difference after taping at 0.5 and 1 h. According to the contradictory results of previous work comparing KT with no taping or KT without tension, multigroup studies for exploring the short-time effects of knee taping on proprioception and quadriceps performance are limited. The acute influence of KT on knee neuromuscular function must be investigated. Additionally, common sports, such as basketball, football, and badminton, are played for 1 h, and thus taping for a day or two cannot reflect the effect of taping for sports injury prevention. Given that after taping, participants may have different physical activities within 24 h, KT may generate plastic deformations to different degrees, and the actual effect of KT may not manifest despite taping for 24 or 48 h. Most previous studies related to the KT explored the effect of KT after 0, 24, or 48 h ( Lins et al., 2013 Hosp et al., 2015 Lins et al., 2016 Kim et al., 2017).

(2015) even demonstrated that KT may cause sub-optimal quadricep function ( Herrington et al., 2005 Poon et al., 2015). However, the proposed effect of KT was not found in some studies ( Fernandes de Jesus et al., 2016 Oliveira et al., 2016 Serrao et al., 2016). Given the popularity of KT among sports enthusiasts, numerous studies demonstrated that KT can improve knee proprioception ( Hosp et al., 2015) and activate the quadriceps ( Liu et al., 2019). Improvement of proprioception sensitivity and quadriceps performance may reduce the risk of injuries ( Oliveira et al., 2016 Bertelsen et al., 2017 Pope et al., 2017). Knee joint proprioception and the lower extremity muscle performance play an essential role in preventing musculoskeletal injuries ( Hosp et al., 2015 Pope et al., 2017). Previous studies verified that the recoiling force direction of the tape is the same as that of a muscle contraction, is potentially transmitted to the fascia and facilitates a target muscle’s production of high force ( Kuo and Huang, 2013 Yam M.

#KT TAPE KNEE PATELLA PAIN SKIN#

On the basis of its special features, the compressive and shear force applied by the tape on the skin activates cutaneous mechanoreceptors related to joint position, movement, and force ( Kase et al., 2003), conveying more information from the knee joint to the central nervous system for integration and, therefore, resulting in enhanced proprioception ( Riemann and Lephart, 2002 Liu et al., 2019).

Kinesiology taping (KT), an elastic, water-resistant, and air permeable tape, was developed by Kenzo Kase in the 1970s, the tape can stretch to 120–140% of its original length and can recoil after application ( Kase et al., 2003). Health participants may not necessarily use KT to increase muscle activation and proprioception of knee. No significant interaction and no significant differences between groups and time effects in knee proprioception and muscle activation.Ĭonclusion: The effect of KT seems insufficiently large to impose a positive effect on healthy people within short periods. Results: Significant interaction effect was found between the taping groups and time effect in the peak torque during the concentric contraction of quadriceps. Two-way repeated measures ANOVA was used in exploring the difference between taping and time effects, and the significance was set to alpha <0.05. The electromyography (EMG) signals of medial oblique muscle and vastus lateralis were collected using Myon EMG system synchronously. A CON-TREX isokinetic dynamometer was used in assessing the participants’ knee proprioception and muscle strength of knee extension and flexion at 60°/s. Four taping sequences were randomly allocated to four different weeks, namely, no taping, placebo taping, KT with tension, and KT with no tension. Methods: A total of 35 healthy male amateur runners were recruited in our study. Our study aims to explore the actual effects of KT on healthy participants’ knee proprioception and quadriceps performance within 1 h. 2Tangshan People’s Hospital, Tangshan, Chinaīackground: Kinesiology taping (KT) is well known measure for preventing musculoskeletal injuries.1School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China.Zhen Wei 1 † Xiao-Xi Wang 2 † Lin Wang 1 *

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