Effect of Kinesio® Taping on Ankle Complex Motion and Stiffness and Jump Landing Time to Stabilization in Female Ballet Dancers
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Participants
2.3. Instrumentation
2.4. Data Collection
2.4.1. Taping Procedure
2.4.2. Ballet Jump Procedures
2.4.3. Ankle Arthrometric Procedures
2.4.4. Data Reduction and Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Ankle Complex Stability
3.2. Ankle Joint Range of Motion
3.3. Time to Stabilization
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Support Condition | Anterior Displacement (mm) | Posterior Displacement (mm) | Inversion (° ROM) | Eversion (° ROM) |
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Kinesio Tape | 10.00 ± 3.3 | 10.36 ± 3.2 | 28.17 ± 6.7 a | 23.37 ± 4.9 b |
No Tape | 12.12 ± 3.5 | 11.64 ± 3.4 | 35.96 ± 9.1 | 28.14 ± 8.3 |
Sham-KT | 11.08 ± 3.4 | 11.48 ± 2.3 | 32.68 ± 5.7 | 26.05 ± 5.5 |
Anterior (N·mm) | Posterior (N·mm) | Inversion (N·M/°) | Eversion (N·M/°) | |||||
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Low Load Range | High Load Range | Low Load Range | High Load Range | Low Load Range | High Load Range | Low Load Range | High Load Range | |
KT | 10.91 ± 6.3 | 10.75 ± 4.7 | 14.12 ± 8.7 | 10.39 ± 4.5 | 0.167 ± 0.07 a | 0.157 ± 0.03 | 0.196 ± 0.08 | 0.191 ± 0.03 |
NT | 9.03 ± 4.1 | 9.86 ± 2.5 | 10.90 ± 3.9 | 9.30 ± 4.7 | 0.102 ± 0.04 | 0.180 ± 0.05 | 0.165 ± 0.11 | 0.187 ± 0.04 |
ST | 10.21 ± 4.2 | 10.82 ± 5.9 | 11.31 ± 3.6 | 8.71 ± 3.3 | 0.111 ± 0.04 b | 0.175 ± 0.02 | 0.176 ± 0.08 | 0.183 ± 0.04 |
Support Condition | Jump Type | Time-to-Stabilization(s) |
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Kinesio Tape No Tape Sham-Kinesio Tape | JA | 0.583 ± 0.13 |
JA | 0.651 ± 0.21 | |
JA | 0.555 ± 0.15 | |
Kinesio Tape No Tape Sham-Kinesio Tape | JF | 0.626 ± 0.13 |
JF | 0.628 ± 0.12 | |
JF | 0.634 ± 0.09 | |
Kinesio Tape No Tape Sham-Kinesio Tape | JS | 0.585 ± 0.13 |
JS | 0.592 ± 0.12 | |
JS | 0.617 ± 0.33 |
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Botsis, A.E.; Schwarz, N.A.; Harper, M.E.; Liu, W.; Rooney, C.A.; Gurchiek, L.R.; Kovaleski, J.E. Effect of Kinesio® Taping on Ankle Complex Motion and Stiffness and Jump Landing Time to Stabilization in Female Ballet Dancers. J. Funct. Morphol. Kinesiol. 2019, 4, 19. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk4020019
Botsis AE, Schwarz NA, Harper ME, Liu W, Rooney CA, Gurchiek LR, Kovaleski JE. Effect of Kinesio® Taping on Ankle Complex Motion and Stiffness and Jump Landing Time to Stabilization in Female Ballet Dancers. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology. 2019; 4(2):19. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk4020019
Chicago/Turabian StyleBotsis, Aline E., Neil A. Schwarz, Megan E. Harper, Wei Liu, Collin A. Rooney, Larry R. Gurchiek, and John E. Kovaleski. 2019. "Effect of Kinesio® Taping on Ankle Complex Motion and Stiffness and Jump Landing Time to Stabilization in Female Ballet Dancers" Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology 4, no. 2: 19. https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk4020019