Kinesiology Taping does not Modify Electromyographic Activity or Muscle Flexibility of Quadriceps Femoris Muscle: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Pilot Study in Healthy Volleyball Players
| Autor: | Tomasz Halski, Kuba Ptaszkowski, Małgorzata Pasternok, Agnieszka Smykla, Joanna Rajfur, Robert Dymarek, Katarzyna Rajfur, Lucyna Słupska, Jakub Taradaj |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Flexibility (anatomy) Vastus medialis Electromyography Placebo Quadriceps Muscle Placebos Young Adult Physical medicine and rehabilitation Clinical Research Humans Medicine Prospective Studies Sports activity Kinesiology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry General Medicine Healthy Volunteers Quadriceps femoris muscle Volleyball medicine.anatomical_structure Kinesiology Applied Muscle strength Physical therapy Female business |
| Zdroj: | Medical Science Monitor : International Medical Journal of Experimental and Clinical Research |
| ISSN: | 1643-3750 |
| DOI: | 10.12659/msm.894150 |
| Popis: | Background Kinesiology taping (KT) is a popular method of supporting professional athletes during sports activities, traumatic injury prevention, and physiotherapeutic procedures after a wide range of musculoskeletal injuries. The effectiveness of KT in muscle strength and motor units recruitment is still uncertain. The objective of this study was to assess the effect of KT on surface electromyographic (sEMG) activity and muscle flexibility of the rectus femoris (RF), vastus lateralis (VL), and vastus medialis (VM) muscles in healthy volleyball players. Material and methods Twenty-two healthy volleyball players (8 men and 14 women) were included in the study and randomly assigned to 2 comparative groups: "kinesiology taping" (KT; n=12; age: 22.30 ± 1.88 years; BMI: 22.19 ± 4.00 kg/m(2)) in which KT application over the RF muscle was used, and "placebo taping" (PT; n=10; age: 21.50 ± 2.07 years; BMI: 22.74 ± 2.67 kg/m(2)) in which adhesive nonelastic tape over the same muscle was used. All subjects were analyzed for resting sEMG activity of the VL and VM muscles, resting and functional sEMG activity of RF muscle, and muscle flexibility of RF muscle. Results No significant differences in muscle flexibility of the RF muscle and sEMG activity of the RF, VL, and VM muscles were registered before and after interventions in both groups, and between the KT and PT groups (p>0.05). Conclusions The results show that application of the KT to the RF muscle is not useful to improve sEMG activity. |
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