Taping

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Introduction[edit | edit source]

Taping is commonly used as an adjunct or temporary technique.[1] Athletes often make use of taping as a protective mechanism in the presence of an existing injury. Some of the goals with taping are to restrict movement of injured joints, soft tissue compression to reduce swelling. support anatomical structures, and as protection from re-injury. Taping is used as one of the means of rehabilitation or prophylaxis in instances where support and stability is needed, as an first aid tool, for the prevention of injury and protection of an injured anatomical structure while healing is taking place.[1]

Intended Purpose and Effect of Taping Techniques[edit | edit source]

Tape is commonly used by physiotherapists to:

  • relieve your pain
  • improve joint stability
  • enhance athlete confidence
  • reduce injury recurrence
  • prevent injury
  • reduce strain on injured or vulnerable tissues
  • correct faulty biomechanics
  • inhibit muscle action
  • facilitate muscle action
  • enhance proprioception
  • compress in the presence of oedema or lymphatic drainage[2]

Some of these purposes may be achieved through a combination of these possible effects of taping:

  • mechanical effects
  • neuromuscular effects
  • psychological effects

There are different kinds of tape that can be employed:

  • Rigid strapping tape commonly used in taping or strapping is often referred to as "sports tape" or "athletic tape" and is most often a rigid style of strapping tape.
  • Elastic strapping tape can also be used when less rigidity or support is required.
  • Kinesiology tape is an improved version of elastic sports tape that acts to dynamically assist your muscle function.

Aims of Taping[edit | edit source]

Tape may be used to:

  1. stabilise or support an injury
  2. relieve pain by de-loading vulnerable or painful structures
  3. facilitate normal movement, muscle action or postural patterns.

Types of Taping[edit | edit source]

Kinesio Taping[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 for a variety of other conditions. It was developed by Japanaese Chiropractor Dr. Kenzo Kase in the 1970's with the intention to alleviate pain [3] and improve the healing in soft tissues[4]. There are many proposed benefits to KT, including: proprioceptive facilitation; reduced muscle fatigue; muscle facilitation; reduced delayed-onset muscle soreness; pain inhibition; enhanced healing, such as reducing oedema, and improvement of lymphatic drainage and blood flow[5].

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Mulligan Taping[edit | edit source]

Mobilisation with Movement (MWM) developed by Brian Mulligan FNZSP (Hon) of New Zealand is recognised world wide in manual therapy approaches. His concept is the application of manually applied accessory joint glide with concomitant pain free active movement. During the development of MWMs Brian Mulligan discovered that treatment in some patients was enhanced when he utilised taping to compliment the directional forces provided after the MWM treatment bout. Taping is applied in directions that compliment the applied MWM passive force to a joint or soft tissue.

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McConnell Taping[edit | edit source]

McConnell taping (also known as Patellar Taping) is often used to treat patients with anterior knee pain, more specifically with patients with Chondromalacia Patellae and Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome)[6]. The tape corrects the tracking of the patella within the patellar groove by medializing the patella. The technique also stretches lateral soft tissues and strengthens the vastus medialis obliques[7].

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Resources[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Singh, G. (2019). Athletic taping and its implications in sports. International Journal on Integrated Education, 2(4), 1-7. Retrieved from http://www.journals.researchparks.org/index.php/IJIE/article/view/96
  2. ↑ Constantinou M, Brown M. Chapter 2: Review of the principles and effects in Therapeutic taping for musculoskeletal conditions. Elsevier Health Sciences; 2010 Oct 5
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Kahanov L. Kinesio taping, Part 1: An overview of its use in athletes.Athletic Therapy Today 2007;12:17-18.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Derasari A. et al. McConnell taping shifts the patella inferiorly in patients with patellofemoral pain: a dynamic magnetic resonance imaging study. Journal of the American Physical Therapy association. 2010 March. 90(3): 411–419
  7. ↑ Naoko Aminaka and Phillip A Gribble; A Systematic Review of the Effects of Therapeutic Taping on Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome; Journal of Athletic Training; 2005 Oct–Dec; 40(4): 341–351
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