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The Impact of Kinesiology Taping on a Greek Foot with a Hammertoe—A Case Report

Background and Objectives: Hammertoe, one of the most common toe deformities, causes pain due to overloading of the periarticular tissues and skin lesions. Additionally, it results in problems with footwear choice, an unattractive foot appearance and a deterioration in quality of life. The most comm...

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Autores principales: Żłobiński, Tobiasz, Stolecka-Warzecha, Anna, Hartman-Petrycka, Magdalena, Błońska-Fajfrowska, Barbara
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8466801/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34574952
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9091178
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author Żłobiński, Tobiasz
Stolecka-Warzecha, Anna
Hartman-Petrycka, Magdalena
Błońska-Fajfrowska, Barbara
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Stolecka-Warzecha, Anna
Hartman-Petrycka, Magdalena
Błońska-Fajfrowska, Barbara
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description Background and Objectives: Hammertoe, one of the most common toe deformities, causes pain due to overloading of the periarticular tissues and skin lesions. Additionally, it results in problems with footwear choice, an unattractive foot appearance and a deterioration in quality of life. The most common treatment for rigid and advanced deformities is surgery, and these procedures are widely described in literature. If the changes in the interphalangeal and metatarsophalangeal joints are flexible (that mean they undergo correction without causing pain) or surgery is not possible, conservative treatment should be considered. No research, however, has been found detailing this treatment method. Conservative treatment includes the Kinesiology Taping (KT) method, which involves applying taping to correct deformities. This report describes the effect of KT treatment in a female patient with hammertoes. Materials and Methods: Anthropometric foot measurements (3D scanner) and foot loadings (baropodometric platform) are presented before KT applying, immediately after tapes application and after tapes removal following one month of use. Results: After using KT application parameters such as: foot length, maximum foot load, load under the area of the metatarsals II-III changed. Conclusion: Kinesiology Taping seems to be a symptomatic form of treatment of the effects of lesser toes deformity, therefore it is a good alternative for patients who do not want or cannot undergo surgery.
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spelling pubmed-84668012021-09-27 The Impact of Kinesiology Taping on a Greek Foot with a Hammertoe—A Case Report Żłobiński, Tobiasz Stolecka-Warzecha, Anna Hartman-Petrycka, Magdalena Błońska-Fajfrowska, Barbara Healthcare (Basel) Case Report Background and Objectives: Hammertoe, one of the most common toe deformities, causes pain due to overloading of the periarticular tissues and skin lesions. Additionally, it results in problems with footwear choice, an unattractive foot appearance and a deterioration in quality of life. The most common treatment for rigid and advanced deformities is surgery, and these procedures are widely described in literature. If the changes in the interphalangeal and metatarsophalangeal joints are flexible (that mean they undergo correction without causing pain) or surgery is not possible, conservative treatment should be considered. No research, however, has been found detailing this treatment method. Conservative treatment includes the Kinesiology Taping (KT) method, which involves applying taping to correct deformities. This report describes the effect of KT treatment in a female patient with hammertoes. Materials and Methods: Anthropometric foot measurements (3D scanner) and foot loadings (baropodometric platform) are presented before KT applying, immediately after tapes application and after tapes removal following one month of use. Results: After using KT application parameters such as: foot length, maximum foot load, load under the area of the metatarsals II-III changed. Conclusion: Kinesiology Taping seems to be a symptomatic form of treatment of the effects of lesser toes deformity, therefore it is a good alternative for patients who do not want or cannot undergo surgery. MDPI 2021-09-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8466801/ /pubmed/34574952 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9091178 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Żłobiński, Tobiasz
Stolecka-Warzecha, Anna
Hartman-Petrycka, Magdalena
Błońska-Fajfrowska, Barbara
The Impact of Kinesiology Taping on a Greek Foot with a Hammertoe—A Case Report
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title_short The Impact of Kinesiology Taping on a Greek Foot with a Hammertoe—A Case Report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8466801/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34574952
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9091178
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