[en] Background: the prophylactic ankle taping is a common strategy to avoid ankle injuries, especially for the return to sports practice. The most common type of ankle taping nowadays is the "gibney closed basket-weave" as it produces four main effects: mechanical, propioceptive, compressive and psychological. We have certain variables such as strength, agility, balance, propioceptive or speed that allow us to value a concept as broad as performance. The interaction of the taping in performance is not completely clear, with contradictory results from several authors. Objetive: to determine if the inelastic prophylactic ankle taping has performance effects. Methods: a systematic review of the literature is performed in different databases: PubMed, SPORTDiscus, WoS and PEDro. Included are clinical trials performed on humans for the last 10 years, whose subjects do not present pathology of the ankle-foot complex, examines who are neither underage nor older than 65, to whom an inelastic prophylactic ankle taping is applied to evaluate different variables of the performance. Outcomes: a total of 12 studies are included in the review; 9 ECCA and 3 ECCnA, in which we analyze a total sample of 175 subjects, with an average of 23.68. The variables analyzed are strenght, ROM, balance, agility, propioception and speed. The methodological quality of the studies was measured using the PEDro scale, with an average of 6.58/10. Conclusions: prophylactic ankle taping restricts ankle ROM without affecting perfomance (strength, balance, agility, speed and propioception). However, we must remain alert after its application in the sports field, since its restrictive effect seems to be reduced after 15 minutes of vigorous exercise.

[gl] Introdución: a vendaxe preventiva do nocello é unha estratexia común para evitar as lesións de nocello, sobre todo para a volta á práctica deportiva. O tipo de vendaxe máis utilizada na actualidade é o "gibney closed basket-weave" xa que produce catro efectos principalmente: mecánico, propioceptivo, compresivo e psicolóxico. Dispoñemos de certas variables como a forza, a axilidade, o equilibrio, a propiocepción ou a velocidade que nos permiten valorar un concepto tan amplo coma o rendemento. A interacción da vendaxe no rendemento non está de todo clara, con resultados contraditorios de varios autores. Obxectivo: determinar se a vendaxe preventiva inelástica de nocello ten efectos no rendemento. Material e método: realízase unha revisión sistemática da literatura en diferentes bases de datos: PubMed, SPORTDiscus, WoS e PEDro. Inclúense ensaios clínicos realizados en humanos dos últimos 10 anos, cuxo suxeitos non presenten patoloxía do complexo nocello-pé, nin sexan menores de idade ou maiores de 65 anos, ós cales se lles aplique unha vendaxe preventiva inelástica para avaliar diferentes variables do rendemento. Resultados: inclúense un total de 12 estudos na revisión; 9 ECCA e 3 ECCnA, nos cales analizamos unha mostra total de 175 suxeitos, cunha media de idade de 23.68 anos. As variables analizadas son a forza, ROM, equilibrio, axilidade, propiocepción e velocidade. A calidade metodolóxica dos estudos foi medida coa escala PEDro, cunha media de 6.58/10. Conclusións: a vendaxe preventiva de nocello restinxe o ROM de nocello sen influir no rendemento (forza, equilibrio, axilidade, velocidade e propiocepción). Non obstante, debemos manternos alerta trala súa aplicación no ámbito deportivo, xa que o seu efecto restritivo parece reducirse tras 15 minutos de exercicio vigoroso.