No adverse events were reported .
Kinesiotape may produce different effects in healthy and injured ankles .
In healthy ankles , kinesiotape may increase postural control , whereas in injured ankles it may improve proprioception , plantarflexor endurance and the performance of activities .
CONCLUSIONS It is recommended that kinesiotape may be used in clinical practice to prevent lateral ankle injuries ( through its effects on postural control ) and manage lateral ankle injuries due to its positive effects on proprioception , muscle endurance and activity performance .
It appears that kinesiotape may not provide sufficient mechanical support to improve postural control in unstable ankles .
OBJECTIVE To identify , evaluate and synthesis e evidence on the effect of kinesiotape applied to the lateral aspect of the ankle , through a systematic review of quantitative studies .
Effects of kinesio tape compared with nonelastic sports tape and the untaped ankle during a sudden inversion perturbation in male athletes.
STUDY DESIGN Controlled laboratory study . OBJECTIVES To examine the effect of 2 adhesive tape conditions compared to a no-tape condition on muscle activity of the fibularis longus during a sudden inversion perturbation in male athletes ( soccer , team h and ball , basketball ) . BACKGROUND Ankle sprains are common in sports , and the fibularis muscles play a role in providing functional stability of the ankle . Prophylactic ankle taping with nonelastic sports tape has been used to restrict ankle inversion . Kinesio Tape , an elastic sports tape , has not been studied for that purpose . METHODS Fifty-one male premier-league athletes were tested for functional stability of both ankles with the Star Excursion Balance Test . Based on the results , those with the 15 highest and those with the 15 lowest stability scores were selected for further testing . Muscle activity of the fibularis longus was recorded with surface electromyography during a sudden inversion perturbation . Each participant was tested under 3 conditions : ankle taped with nonelastic white sports tape , ankle taped with Kinesio Tape , and no ankle taping . Differences in mean muscle activity were evaluated with a 3-way mixed-model analysis of variance ( ANOVA ) for the 3 conditions , across four 500-millisecond time frames , and between the 2 groups of stable versus unstable participants . Differences in peak muscle activity and in the time to peak muscle activity were evaluated with a 2-way mixed-model ANOVA . RESULTS Significantly greater mean muscle activity was found when ankles were taped with nonelastic tape compared to no tape , while Kinesio Tape had no significant effect on mean or maximum muscle activity compared to the no-tape condition . Neither stability level nor taping condition had a significant effect on the amount of time from perturbation to maximum activity of the fibularis longus muscle . CONCLUSION Nonelastic sports tape may enhance dynamic muscle support of the ankle . The efficacy of Kinesio Tape in preventing ankle sprains via the same mechanism is unlikely , as it had no effect on muscle activation of the fibularis longus
No adverse events were reported .
Kinesiotape may produce different effects in healthy and injured ankles .
In healthy ankles , kinesiotape may increase postural control , whereas in injured ankles it may improve proprioception , plantarflexor endurance and the performance of activities .
CONCLUSIONS It is recommended that kinesiotape may be used in clinical practice to prevent lateral ankle injuries ( through its effects on postural control ) and manage lateral ankle injuries due to its positive effects on proprioception , muscle endurance and activity performance .
It appears that kinesiotape may not provide sufficient mechanical support to improve postural control in unstable ankles .
OBJECTIVE To identify , evaluate and synthesis e evidence on the effect of kinesiotape applied to the lateral aspect of the ankle , through a systematic review of quantitative studies .