The effects of kinesiotaping on medial-lateral postural sway in one leg stance
Sointu, Juho (2016)
Sointu, Juho
Satakunnan ammattikorkeakoulu
2016
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201605269951
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201605269951
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Aim of this study was to assess does kinesiotape have effect on medial-lateral pos-tural sway in one leg stance. Subjects of this study were 6 students of Satakunta Uni-versity of Applied Sciences, 5 females and 1 male. The exclusion criteria were: Acute ankle sprain, skin irritation, disease on taping site, inability to do a 20 second one leg stance and whilst under the influence of alcohol.
To assess the effect of kinesiotape all the subjects performed a one leg stance for 20 seconds eyes open and eyes closed on Metitur Good balance –system to assess the baseline score. After recording initial results the kinesiotape was applied and after 10-15min of the application the second measurements were done.
Based on results kinesiotape has a reducing effect on medial-lateral postural sway in one leg stance. Mean changes were 99,5mm when eyes were open and 157,8mm when eyes were closed. Changes were statistically almost significant in eyes open testing and when comparing the changes between the eyes open testing to eyes closed and changes were statistically significant when eyes were closed.
The further studies are needed to perform the tests again with a larger subject group to receive more accurate results. Only 2 out of the 6 subjects were able to perform a one leg stance eyes closed for 20 seconds. This increases the criticism level of the formula used to calculate the p-value, which is used to prove the statistical signifi-cance level.
To assess the effect of kinesiotape all the subjects performed a one leg stance for 20 seconds eyes open and eyes closed on Metitur Good balance –system to assess the baseline score. After recording initial results the kinesiotape was applied and after 10-15min of the application the second measurements were done.
Based on results kinesiotape has a reducing effect on medial-lateral postural sway in one leg stance. Mean changes were 99,5mm when eyes were open and 157,8mm when eyes were closed. Changes were statistically almost significant in eyes open testing and when comparing the changes between the eyes open testing to eyes closed and changes were statistically significant when eyes were closed.
The further studies are needed to perform the tests again with a larger subject group to receive more accurate results. Only 2 out of the 6 subjects were able to perform a one leg stance eyes closed for 20 seconds. This increases the criticism level of the formula used to calculate the p-value, which is used to prove the statistical signifi-cance level.