Kinesio Taping
Introduction[edit | edit source]
Kinesiology taping (KT) is a therapeutic tool and has become increasingly popular within the sporting arena. Taping has been used for a long time for the prevention and treatment of sporting injuries. KT is not only used for sporting injuries but fro a variety of other conditions. It was developed by Japanaese Chiropractor Dr. Kenso Kase in the 1970's with the intention to alleviate pain [1] and improve the healing in soft tissues[2]. There are many proposed benefits to KT including: proprioceptive facilitation, reduced muscle fatigue, muscel facilitation, reduced delayed-onset muscle soreness, pain inhibition, enhanced healing such as reducing oedema and improvement of lymphatic drainage and blood flow[3]
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References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Liu YH, Chen SM, Lin CH, Huang CI, Sun YN. Motion tracking on elbow tissue from ultrasonic image sequence for patients with alteral epicondylitis.Proceedings of the 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE EMBS Cite Interbationale, Lyon, France, 2007.
- ↑ Kahanov L. Kinesio taping, Part 1: An overview of its use in athletes.Athletic Therapy Today 2007;12:17-18.
- ↑ Basset KT, Lingman SA, Ellis RF. The use and treatment efficacy kinaesthetic taping for musculoskeletal conditions: a systematic review. New Zealand Journal of Physiotherapy 2010;38(2):56-62.
