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The Immediate Effect of Kinesio Tape on Hamstring Muscle Length and Strength in Female University Students: A Pre–post Experimental Study
BACKGROUND: Kinesio tape has been proposed to improve the muscle extensibility. However, there are contradictory results in the literature. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of Kinesio tape on hamstring muscle lengthening and on hamstring and quadriceps muscle strengthening in university students...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9997865/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36909004 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sjmms.sjmms_585_22 |
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author | Albeshri, Zainab Saeed Youssef, Enas Fawzy |
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description | BACKGROUND: Kinesio tape has been proposed to improve the muscle extensibility. However, there are contradictory results in the literature. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of Kinesio tape on hamstring muscle lengthening and on hamstring and quadriceps muscle strengthening in university students with hamstring muscle tightness. METHODS: In this pre–post experimental study, 96 female students with hamstring muscle tightness were recruited from Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia, and randomly assigned to Kinesio tape, sham tape, or control groups (32 in each group). The inhibition technique was used for the Kinesio tape application, with the tape being applied from the muscle insertion to the origin. Measurements were taken before and 15 min after the intervention. Outcome measurements included active knee extension test to measure the hamstring muscle length, and isometric strength measurements of hamstring and quadriceps muscles using a handheld dynamometer. RESULTS: A significant increase in the immediate hamstring muscle length was found in both the Kinesio (P = 0.001) and sham (P = 0.004) tape groups, while no difference was noted in the control group (P = 0.066). The muscle lengthening was significantly greater in the Kinesio tape group than the sham tape (P = 0.001) and control (P = 0.001) groups. There was no difference in the pre- and post-measurements in the quadriceps and hamstring muscle strengths in all three groups. CONCLUSIONS: These results demonstrate that applying Kinesio tape has an immediate effect on hamstring muscle extensibility, but has no effect on the quadriceps and hamstring muscle strengths. CLINICALTRIALS.GOV IDENTIFIER (NCT NUMBER): NCT03076840. |
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spelling | pubmed-99978652023-03-10 The Immediate Effect of Kinesio Tape on Hamstring Muscle Length and Strength in Female University Students: A Pre–post Experimental Study Albeshri, Zainab Saeed Youssef, Enas Fawzy Saudi J Med Med Sci Original Article BACKGROUND: Kinesio tape has been proposed to improve the muscle extensibility. However, there are contradictory results in the literature. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of Kinesio tape on hamstring muscle lengthening and on hamstring and quadriceps muscle strengthening in university students with hamstring muscle tightness. METHODS: In this pre–post experimental study, 96 female students with hamstring muscle tightness were recruited from Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia, and randomly assigned to Kinesio tape, sham tape, or control groups (32 in each group). The inhibition technique was used for the Kinesio tape application, with the tape being applied from the muscle insertion to the origin. Measurements were taken before and 15 min after the intervention. Outcome measurements included active knee extension test to measure the hamstring muscle length, and isometric strength measurements of hamstring and quadriceps muscles using a handheld dynamometer. RESULTS: A significant increase in the immediate hamstring muscle length was found in both the Kinesio (P = 0.001) and sham (P = 0.004) tape groups, while no difference was noted in the control group (P = 0.066). The muscle lengthening was significantly greater in the Kinesio tape group than the sham tape (P = 0.001) and control (P = 0.001) groups. There was no difference in the pre- and post-measurements in the quadriceps and hamstring muscle strengths in all three groups. CONCLUSIONS: These results demonstrate that applying Kinesio tape has an immediate effect on hamstring muscle extensibility, but has no effect on the quadriceps and hamstring muscle strengths. CLINICALTRIALS.GOV IDENTIFIER (NCT NUMBER): NCT03076840. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2023 2023-01-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9997865/ /pubmed/36909004 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sjmms.sjmms_585_22 Text en Copyright: © 2023 Saudi Journal of Medicine & Medical Sciences https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
spellingShingle | Original Article Albeshri, Zainab Saeed Youssef, Enas Fawzy The Immediate Effect of Kinesio Tape on Hamstring Muscle Length and Strength in Female University Students: A Pre–post Experimental Study |
title | The Immediate Effect of Kinesio Tape on Hamstring Muscle Length and Strength in Female University Students: A Pre–post Experimental Study |
title_full | The Immediate Effect of Kinesio Tape on Hamstring Muscle Length and Strength in Female University Students: A Pre–post Experimental Study |
title_fullStr | The Immediate Effect of Kinesio Tape on Hamstring Muscle Length and Strength in Female University Students: A Pre–post Experimental Study |
title_full_unstemmed | The Immediate Effect of Kinesio Tape on Hamstring Muscle Length and Strength in Female University Students: A Pre–post Experimental Study |
title_short | The Immediate Effect of Kinesio Tape on Hamstring Muscle Length and Strength in Female University Students: A Pre–post Experimental Study |
title_sort | immediate effect of kinesio tape on hamstring muscle length and strength in female university students: a pre–post experimental study |
topic | Original Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9997865/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36909004 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/sjmms.sjmms_585_22 |
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