Acute effects of Kinesio taping on muscle strength and fatigue in the forearm of tennis players. Issue 6 (June 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhang, Shen; Fu, Weijie; Pan, Jiahao; Wang, Lin; Xia, Rui; Liu, Yu
• Is Part Of: Journal of science and medicine in sport. Volume 19:Issue 6(2016:Jun.)
• Page Start: 459
• Page End: 464
• Publication Date: 2016-06
• Subjects: Kinesio taping -- Muscle strength -- Work fatigue -- Rate of decline in moment; Sports sciences -- Periodicals; Sports medicine -- Periodicals; Exercise -- Physiological aspects -- Periodicals; Sports -- physiology -- Periodicals; Sports Medicine -- Periodicals; Sportgeneeskunde; 617.102705
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2015.07.012
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1440-2440

Abstract

Abstract: Objectives: To explore the immediate effects of Kinesio taping applied over the wrist extensors and flexors on muscle strength and endurance during isometric and isokinetic muscle actions. Design: The study had a single-blinded, placebo control, and randomized design. Methods: Fourteen trained male volunteers were required to complete 5 s isometric maximal voluntary contractions and 50 consecutive maximal concentric wrist extension and flexion repetitions at each of two angular speeds (60°/s and 210°/s) in three taping conditions: Kinesio taping (KT), placebo taping (PT), and no taping (NT). Results: KT did not improve peak moment, peak power, average power, and total work for wrist extensors and flexors in the isometric and isokinetic contractions. However, KT showed a 13% decrease in work fatigue of the wrist flexors compare to NT ( p = 0.014) at 60°/s. Furthermore, a 20% decrease was also observed in the rate of decline of moment ( k ) of the wrist flexors in KT compared to NT ( p = 0.007), and the k in PT was also significantly lower in magnitude compared to NT ( p = 0.035). Moreover, there was also a trend in terms of magnitudes for k KT < k PT < k NT in the wrist flexors at 210°/s. Conclusions: Kinesio taping may not be able to modulate strength production in healthy athletes immediately, but does have a significant positive effect on reducing muscle fatigue during repeated concentric muscle actions. Additionally, the potential beneficial effects of placebo taping on muscle endurance should not be ignored either.