Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Kinesio Taping Improves Range of Motion of Ankle Dorsiflexion and Balance Ability in Chronic Stroke Patients
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Participants
2.3. Outcome Measurements
2.3.1. Ankle DF-ROM
2.3.2. Balance Ability
2.4. Interventions and Procedures
2.4.1. A-KT
2.4.2. PNF Taping
2.5. Data Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Sex (male/female) | 8/10 |
Diagnosis (infarction/hemorrhage) | 11/7 |
Paretic side (left/right) | 10/8 |
Age (years) | 60.61 ± 13.11 |
Height (cm) | 165.44 ± 6.17 |
Weight (kg) | 66.80 ± 6.75 |
MMSE (score) | 27.12 ± 2.30 |
Onset time (months) | 11.72 ± 4.02 |
Range of motion of ankle dorsiflexion (degree) | 7.69 ± 1.02 |
Brunnstrom motor recovery stage (4/5) | 5/13 |
Variables | Barefoot | Ankle KT (Δ% *) | PNF-KT (Δ% **) | F | p |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ankle DF-ROM (°) | 7.69 ± 1.02 | 8.62 ± 1.20 (12.0) | 9.60 ± 1.25 (24.8) | 82.87 | <0.001 abc |
Static balance (point) | 1.02 ± 0.34 | 0.77 ± 0.37 (24.5) | 0.63 ± 0.34 (38.2) | 26.75 | <0.001 abc |
TUG (s) | 20.54 ± 4.86 | 19.49 ± 4.33 (5.1) | 18.04 ± 3.64 (12.1) | 15.78 | <0.001 abc |
Dynamic gait index (point) | 16.61 ± 1.42 | 17.72 ± 16.38 (6.6) | 19.83 ± 0.92 (19.3) | 33.14 | <0.001 abc |
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Park, D.; Bae, Y. Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Kinesio Taping Improves Range of Motion of Ankle Dorsiflexion and Balance Ability in Chronic Stroke Patients. Healthcare 2021, 9, 1426. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9111426
Park D, Bae Y. Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Kinesio Taping Improves Range of Motion of Ankle Dorsiflexion and Balance Ability in Chronic Stroke Patients. Healthcare. 2021; 9(11):1426. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9111426
Chicago/Turabian StylePark, Donghwan, and Youngsook Bae. 2021. "Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Kinesio Taping Improves Range of Motion of Ankle Dorsiflexion and Balance Ability in Chronic Stroke Patients" Healthcare 9, no. 11: 1426. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9111426