EXPLORING HORIZON OF KINESIOTAPING BEYOND MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITION

1. PRESENTED BY :
(PROF.)DR.DEEPAK RAGHAV
PRINCIPAL/HOD
SANTOSH COLLEGE OF PHYSIOTHERAPY
SANTOSH MEDICAL & DENTAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL, GHAZIABAD

2. INTRODUCTION
KINESIO TAPE WAS DEVELOPED IN THE EARLY 1980’S
 BY DR. KENZO KASE.
DEPENDING ON HOW YOU APPLY THE KINESIOTAPE IT
CAN WORK IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
 IT MIMICS THE QUALITIES OF HUMAN SKIN. BEING
LIGHT AND AS FLEXIBLE AS THE SKIN. THIS IS TO AVOID
THE BODIES PERCEPTION OF WEIGHT AND AVOIDS
SENSORY STIMULI.

3. KINESIO TAPE

4. THE EFFECTS OF KINESIO TAPING ON THE COLOR
INTENSITY OF SUPERFICIAL SKIN HEMATOMAS: A PILOT
STUDY
AIM OF THE STUDY : TO ANALYZE THE EFFECTS OF KINESIO TAPING (KT) -APPLIED WITH
THREE DIFFERENT STRAINS THAT INDUCED OR NOT THE FORMATION OF SKIN CREASES
(CALLED CONVOLUTIONS)- ON COLOR INTENSITY OF POST-SURGICAL SUPERFICIAL
HEMATOMAS. 13 INPATIENTS WITH POST-SURGICAL SUPERFICIAL HEMATOMAS WERE
SELECTED FOR THE STUDY.
INTERVENTIONS: THE TAPE WAS APPLIED FOR 24 CONSECUTIVE HOURS. THREE TAILS OF
KT WERE RANDOMLY APPLIED WITH DIFFERENT DEGREES OF STRAIN: NONE (SN); LIGHT
(SL); AND FULL LONGITUDINAL STRETCH SF). WE EXPECTED TO OBTAIN CORRECT
FORMATION OF CONVOLUTIONS WITH SL, SOME CONVOLUTIONS WITH SN, AND NO
CONVOLUTIONS WITH SF.
S. Vercelli et al. / Physical Therapy in Sport 23 (2017) 156-161.

5. RESULT : APPLYING KT TO HEMATOMAS DID NOT SIGNIFICANTLY
CHANGE THE COLOR INTENSITY IN THE CENTRAL AREA UNDER THE
TAPE. THERE WAS A SIGNIFICANT TREATMENT EFFECT UNDER THE
EDGES OF THE TAPE, INDEPENDENTLY OF THE FORMATION OF
CONVOLUTIONS .
CONCLUSIONS: THE CHANGES OBSERVED ALONG THE EDGES OF THE
TAPE COULD BE RELATED TO THE FORMATION OF A PRESSURE
GRADIENT BETWEEN THE KT AND THE ADJACENT AREA, BUT WERE
NOT DEPENDENT ON THE FORMATION OF SKIN CONVOLUTIONS.

6. COULD KINESIOLOGY TAPING HELP MITIGATE PAIN,
BREATHLESSNESS AND ABDOMINAL-RELATED SYMPTOMS
IN CANCER? : A CASE REPORT
THE KINESIOLOGY TAPE WAS CUT TO CREATE A SERIES OF THIN STRIPS ‘FANS’ AND APPLIED
OVER THE PATIENT’S RIB CAGE, DIAPHRAGM AND ABDOMEN TO SUPPORT DRAINAGE OF
ACCUMULATED FLUIDS (FIGURES 1–3). KINESIOLOGY TAPE WAS APPLIED WHEN THE
PATIENT HELD THE INSPIRATION PHASE OF THE BREATHING CYCLE, WITH THE TAPE
STRETCHED TO ∼10–20% OF ITS ORIGINAL LENGTH. THE ‘FANS’ OF THE KINESIOLOGY TAPE
WERE DIRECTED TOWARDS THE BASE OF AXILLA AND ANCHORED IN THE VICINITY OF
AXILLARY LYMPH NODES. THE PATIENT WAS ADVISED TO CONTINUE AS NORMAL WITH PAIN
MEDICATION.
Gourav Banerjee, Alison Rose, Michelle Briggs, Mark I Johnson BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2016-216695

7. IT WAS AGREED THAT THE PATIENT WOULD RETURN TO CLINIC FOR FOLLOW-UP
IN 5 DAYS AFTER WHICH SHE WOULD BE ASSESSED AT HOME AT ∼10 DAY
INTERVALS.
THE PATIENT WAS ADVISED TO LEAVE KINESIOLOGY TAPE IN SITU FOR 7 TO 10
DAYS OR UNLESS SHE WISHED TO REMOVE IT BECAUSE OF THE TAPE BECOMING
UNCOMFORTABLE TO CONTINUE WEARING, ANY SKIN REACTIONS OR THE TAPE
STARTED TO BECOME SLACK AND DETACH FROM THE SKIN OF ITS OWN ACCORD.
THE PATIENT HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO REMOVE THE TAPE IF THERE WERE ANY
ADVERSE SKIN EFFECTS LIKE ITCHING, RASH OR DISCOMFORT

8. KINESIOLOGY TAPING TECHNIQUE USED
TO ENCOURAGE LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE.
THE ‘FANS’ OF THE KINESIOLOGY TAPE,
WHICH IS APPLIED WITH 10–20%
STRETCH IS ALLEGED TO DIRECT THE
FLOW OF LYMPH TOWARDS THE BASE
WHICH IS PLACED NEAR THE AXILLARY
LYMPH NODES.
KINESIOLOGY TAPING TECHNIQUE
USED TO REDUCE SWELLING IN THE
LOWER REGION OF THE LIVER WHICH
HAD BEEN METASTASISED.
KINESIOLOGY TAPE WAS APPLIED
WITH ∼10–20% STRETCH.

9. CONCLUSION :
THE PATIENT REPORTED ALLEVIATION OF PAIN,
BREATHLESSNESS, ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT AND NAUSEA,
ACCOMPANIED BY IMPROVEMENTS IN EATING, DRINKING,
ENERGY LEVELS AND PHYSICAL FUNCTION

10. SHORT-TERM EFFECTS OF KINESIO TAPING IN WOMEN WITH PREGNANCY-
RELATED LOW BACK PAIN: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL
Kaplan et al : Med Sci Monit, 2016; 22: 1297-1301
TOTAL OF 65 PATIENTS WITH PREGNANCY-RELATED
LOW BACK PAIN WERE RANDOMLY ALLOCATED INTO
EITHER KINESIO TAPING (N=33) OR CONTROL (N=32)
GROUPS. THE INTERVENTION GROUP WAS TREATED
WITH PARACETAMOL PLUS KINESIO TAPING, WHILE THE
CONTROL GROUP RECEIVED ONLY PARACETAMOL.
KINESIO TAPING WAS APPLIED IN THE LUMBAR
FLEXION POSITION, AND FOUR I-SHAPED BANDS WERE
USED. TWO BANDS WERE ATTACHED HORIZONTALLY,
WITH SPACE CORRECTION TECHNIQUE. THE
REMAINING 2 BANDS, 1 ON EACH SIDE OF THE LUMBAR
SPINE, WERE PLACED VERTICALLY, WITH INHIBITION
TECHNIQUE.

11. ACCORDING TO THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY, KINESIO TAPING
ADDED TO THE CLASSICALANALGESIC THERAPY OF
PARACETAMOL IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THE PARACETAMOL
THERAPY ALONE IN IMPROVING PAIN AND DISABILITY IN THE
TREATMENT OF PREGNANCY-RELATED LOW BACK PAIN. KINESIO
TAPING FOR 5 DAYS WAS GENERALLY WELL TOLERATED BY THE
PREGNANT WOMEN, AND THERE WERE NO SERIOUS ADVERSE
EVENTS EXCEPT A FEW LOCALALLERGIC REACTIONS RESULTING
FROM THE KINESIO TAPE.

12. THE EFFECTS OF TRUNK KINESIO TAPING ON BALANCE
ABILITY AND GAIT FUNCTION IN STROKE PATIENTS
 25 POST-STROKE PATIENTS WERE INCLUDED IN THIS STUDY. THE AREA TO BE
TAPED WAS CLEANED WITH AN ALCOHOL SWAB, AND THE I-SHAPED ELASTIC KT
WAS APPLIED TO THE FOUR TRUNK MUSCLES FROM THEIR INSERTION TO THEIR
ORIGIN WITH FOLLOWING POSITION BY A PHYSICAL THERAPIST FULLY TRAINED
IN KT10, 12).
 FOR THE RECTUS ABDOMINIS (RA) MUSCLE, THE KT WAS APPLIED FROM THE
XIPHOID PROCESS AND THE FIFTH TO SEVENTH COSTAL CARTILAGES TO NEAR
THE PUBIC SYMPHYSIS IN THE HOOKING POSITION.

13. FOR THE EXTERNAL OBLIQUE (EO) MUSCLE, THE KT WAS
APPLIED FROM THE INGUINAL REGION TO THE T12 SPINOUS
PROCESS IN THE SIDE-LYING POSITION,
 AND FOR THE INTERNAL OBLIQUE (IO) MUSCLE, THE KT WAS
APPLIED FROM THE XIPHOID PROCESS TO THE ANTERIOR HALF
OF THE CREST OF THE ILIUM IN THE SAME POSITION.
FOR THE ERECTOR SPINAE MUSCLE, THE KT WAS APPLIED
FROM THE IPSILATERAL TRANSVERSE PROCESS OF T12 TO THE
POSTERIOR SACRUM ILIAC CREST

14. •THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY SHOWED THAT THE DIFFERENCE
IN GAIT FUNCTION BEFORE AND AFTER TRUNK TAPING WAS NOT
STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT. HOWEVER, A VARIABILITY OF
BALANCE ABILITY SHOWED STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT
DIFFERENCES.
•THEY CONCLUDED THAT TAPING MAY BE A HELPFUL METHOD
DURING REHABILITATION PROGRAMS FOR STROKE PATIENTS.
ITS APPLICATION TO THE TRUNK MUSCLES IS ESPECIALLY
USEFUL FOR IMPROVING BALANCE ABILITY.
Lee and Kim : J. Phys. Ther. Sci. 28: 2385–2388, 2016

15. THE AIM OF THIS STUDY WAS TO DETERMINE HOW APPLICATION
OF KINESIO TAPE TO THE UPPER AND LOWER LIMBS AFFECTS
WALKING THROUGH STIMULATION OF THE PROPRIOCEPTIVE SENSE.
12 PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH HEMIPLEGIA DUE TO STROKE WERE
SELECTED AS THE SUBJECTS OF THE STUDY.
FOR TAPING APPLIED ON THE UPPER LIMB FLEXOR, AN I-SHAPED
PIECE OF KINESIO TAPE 2.5 CM WIDE WAS ATTACHED TO THE
DELTOID TUBEROSITY OF THE LATERAL UPPER ARM. FOLLOWING
EXTENSION OF THE SHOULDER JOINT, THE END OF THE TAPE WAS
ATTACHED TO THE CLAVICLE..
EFFECTS OF PROPRIOCEPTIVE SENSE-BASED
KINESIO TAPING ON WALKING IMBALANCE

16. IN THE CASE OF THE BRACHIORADIALIS, AN I-SHAPED PIECE OF KINESIO
TAPE OF 2.5 CM WIDE WAS EXTENDED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE IN A NEUTRAL
WRIST POSTURE AND ATTACHED FROM THE STYLOID PROCESS OF THE ULNA
BONE TO THE LATERAL SUPRACONDYLAR RIDGE OF THE HUMERUS.
FOR APPLICATION OF TAPING TO THE LOWER LIMB FLEXOR
AN I-SHAPED PIECE OF KINESIO TAPE 2.5 CM WIDE WAS ATTACHED FROM THE
ANTERIOR SUPERIOR ILIAC SPINE TO THE RECTUS FEMORIS TENDON. IN THE
CASE OF THE ANTERIOR TIBIAL MUSCLE, AN I-SHAPED PIECE OF KINESIO
TAPE OF 2.5 CM WIDE WAS ATTACHED FROM THE PLANTAR SURFACE OF THE
FIRST METATARSAL BONE TO THE PERONEAL MUSCLE HEAD COVERING THE
TOP OF THE FOOT.

17. THE AUTHORS CONCLUDED THAT APPLYING TAPE TO
THE SKIN INCREASES CUTANEOUS SENSATION; IN
OTHER WORDS, TAPING PROVIDES A STRONG
PROPRIOCEPTIVE CUE THROUGH ITS CONTACT WITH
THE SKIN, AND THE RESULTING CUTANEOUS SENSORY
INFORMATION CAN DECREASE A STROKE PATIENT’S
LEFT AND RIGHT DEVIATION WHEN WALKING.
PARK AND LEE (J. Phys. Ther. Sci. 28: 3060–3062, 2016)

18. CHEST PAIN CONTROL WITH KINESIOLOGY TAPING AFTER
LOBECTOMY FOR LUNG CANCER:
INITIAL RESULTS OF A RANDOMIZED PLACEBO-
CONTROLLED STUDY
•117 PTS. INCLUDED,AGE 18-85
•KINESIOLOGY TAPING (KT) APPLIED
HORIZONTALLY ON THE LOWER
ANTERIOR CHEST TO FACILITATE
DIAPHRAGMATIC ACTIVITY;
• ANOTHER KT WAS PLACED IN STAR
SHAPE OVER THE PECTORALIS
MAJOR MUSCLE TO PROVIDE SPACE
CORRECTION AT THE PAIN TRIGGER
POINT

19. DELTOID MUSCLE
INHIBITION
TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE
INHIBITION
.LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE
OF POSTOPERATIVE
OEDEMA OF LOWER
ANTERIOR CHEST AND
ABDOMINAL WALL

20. THE AUTHORS CONCLUDED BY STATING THAT KT AFTER LOBECTOMY FOR LUNG CANCER
IS A SAFE AND EFFECTIVE AUXILIARY TECHNIQUE FOR CHEST PAIN CONTROL, PROVIDING
SUPPORT TO ORAL ANALGESICS, AS DOCUMENTED BY THE SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OF
ONE POINT IN THE VAS LEVEL OF PAIN ON POSTOPERATIVE DAYS 5 AND 8.
THE LOWER RATE OF LATE POSTOPERATIVE (DAY 30) CHEST PAIN REPORTED BY THE KT
GROUP IS ALSO A POTENTIALLY RELEVANT CLINICAL FINDING.
 THESE INITIAL RESULTS NEED TO BE CONFIRMED BY FURTHER STUDIES, WHICH SHOULD
ALSO EVALUATE WHETHER ENHANCED PAIN CONTROL BY KT IS ASSOCIATED WITH BETTER
PERFORMANCE OF POSTOPERATIVE PHYSIOTHERAPY EXERCISES AND WITH IMPROVED
LUNG FUNCTION.
Imperatori A, Grande A, Castiglioni M, Gasperini L, Faini A, Spampatti S et al Interact CardioVasc Thorac Surg 2016;23:223–30.

21. APPLICATION OF KINESIO TAPING METHOD FOR NEWBORN
SWALLOWING DIFFICULTLY: A CASE REPORT
A PRETERM INFANT SUFFERING FROM BRAIN EDEMA AT BIRTH AND
SWALLOWING DIFFICULTLY UNTIL 40 WEEKS. THE SWALLOWING REFLEX
WAS DELAYED. MOREOVER, LIP CLOSURE AND ROOTING REFLEX
COMBINED WITH THE DYSFUNCTION GRADE OF JAW MOVEMENT WERE
POOR. WE PERFORMED KT METHODS ON THE BABY UNDER THE THEORY OF
THE DIRECTION OF THE TAPE FOR FACILITATE OR INHIBIT THE MUSCLE.
AFTER THE KINESIO TAPING TREATMENT, THE SUCKING FUNCTION WAS
IMPROVED WITH GOOD LIP CLOSURE.ONE WEEK LATER, THE BABY WAS
DISCHARGED WITHOUT THE USE OF AN ORAL GASTRIC TUBE.

22. TWO PINK-COLORED I-TYPE TAPES WERE
USED FOR TAPING ON THE ORBICULARIS
ORIS WITH THE ANCHOR SITE AT MIDPOINT.
A SKIN-COLORED Y-TYPE TAPE WAS
TAPED ON THE MYLOHYOID AND
STERNOHYOID MUSCLES; THE ANCHOR
SITE WAS AT THE POSTERIOR BORDER OF
THE SYMPHYSIS OF THE MANDIBLE. (B)
THE BLUE PART INDICATES THE DIGASTRIC
MUSCLE, AND THE GREEN PART IS THE
MYLOHYOID MUSCLE.
THE RED PORTION DEEP IN THE
MYLOHYOID INDICATES THE GENIOHYOID
MUSCLE (RED ARROW). THE PURPLE, GRAY,
AND BRIGHT ORANGE PORTIONS INDICATE
THE STERNOTHYROID MUSCLE (BLACK
ARROW), THYROID CARTILAGE (BLUE
ARROW), AND THYROHYOID MUSCLE
(YELLOW ARROW), RESPECTIVELY.

23. A) SKIN-COLORED TAPE WITH 3
ENDS OVER THE MASSETER
MUSCLE. THE TAPE WAS
ANCHORED ON THE LOW
BORDER OF THE
ZYGOMATIC ARCH TO THE
CORONOID PROCESS OF
THE MANDIBLE BONE.
(B) THE BLUE PART INDICATES
THE MASSETER MUSCLE.
Lin et al. Medicine (2016) 95:31

24. PAIN-DIMINISHING EFFECT OF KINESIO TAPING
IN PATIENTS AFTER STERNOTOMY
• THE STUDY WAS AIMED AT INVESTIGATING THE INFLUENCE OF KINESIO
TAPING ON THE POST-STERNOTOMY PAIN LEVELS.
•PATIENTS TREATED WITH KINESIO TAPES HAD SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER
PAIN SCALE LEVELS AS COMPARED TO CONTROLS . THE DOSE OF
ADMINISTERED OPIOIDS (PIRITRAMIDE) AS WELL AS OF NONOPIOID
ANALGESICS (PARACETAMOL) WERE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED IN GROUP
TAPE. THE PERCENTAGE OF PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH UNIMPAIRED
BREATHING AMOUNTED TO 96% IN GROUP TAPE AND 22% IN GROUP
CONTROL (P < 0.0001).
HM KLEIN, R BROCKMANN, ALEXANDER ASSMANN
From World Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons 25th Anniversary Congress, Edinburgh Edinburgh, UK. 19-22 September 2015

25. IMMEDIATE EFFECTS OF KINESIO TAPING ON THE
MOVEMENT OF THE HYOID BONE AND EPIGLOTTIS DURING
SWALLOWING BY STROKE PATIENTS WITH DYSPHAGIA
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY : TO IDENTIFY THE EFFECTS OF KINESIO TAPING
(KT) ON THE SWALLOWING FUNCTION OF STROKE PATIENTS. 22 STROKE
PATIENTS WERE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO TWO GROUPS; AN
EXPERIMENTAL GROUP WHICH RECEIVED KT, AND A CONTROL GROUP
WHICH RECEIVED NO TAPING INTERVENTION.
THE TAPING WAS APPLIED TO THE EXTERNAL LARYNGEAL MUSCLES
(DIGASTRIC POSTERIOR BELLIES, MYLOHYOID AND GENIOHYOID), THE
STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID (SCM) AND THE UPPER TRAPEZIUS.

26. Seo Yoon Heo, Kyeong Mi Kim J. Phys. Ther. Sci. 27: 3355–3357, 2015
RESULTS : THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP PRESENTED STATISTICALLY
SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN KINEMATIC CHANGES OF THE
VERTICAL EXCURSION OF THE HYOID BONE AND EPIGLOTTAL
ROTATION.
CONCLUSION : THE CLINICAL USE OF KT FOR DYSPHAGIA PATIENTS
SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS A TREATMENT APPROACH.

27. EFFECTIVENESS OF KINESIOLOGIC TAPING THERAPY
IN DROOLING MANAGEMENT AMONG CHILDREN WITH
CEREBRAL PALSY
OBJECTIVE OF STUDY : TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF KINESIO
TAPING AS THERAPEUTIC INTERVENTION IN CP CHILDREN WITH
DROOLING, TO PROVIDE EVIDENCE BASED FACTS OF THERAPY TO
DECREASE DROOLING AND TO INCREASE THE AWARENESS OF TAPING
TECHNIQUE IN MANAGEMENT OF DROOLING.
30 CP CHILDREN WERE SELECTED WITH AGE BETWEEN 2-6 YEARS WITH
MODERATE TO SEVERE DROOLING THROUGH CONVENIENT SAMPLING
TECHNIQUE. KINESIOTAPE HAS BEEN APPLIED ON EACH CHILD FOR 45
MINUTES PER SESSION, 5 DAYS PER WEEK FOR TWO MONTHS
CONTINUOUSLY

28. Romana Pervez, Ayesha Kamal Butt, Noreen Tabassum Journal of Riphah College of Rehabilitaion Sciences 2.1 (2014): 12-17.
IN THE SESSION ORBICULARIS ORIS MUSCLES WAS TAPED FOR 45 MINUTES.
2 INCHES CUT TAPES ACCORDING TO ORBICULARIS ORIS STRUCTURE. THE
LENGTH TO FIT AROUND MOUTH WHEN FULLY OPENED. THE TAPE
ANCHORED AT CENTER OF MOUTH ABOVE THE UPPER LIP. TAPE WAS LAID
DOWN ON OPEN MOUTH, WITH PAPER-OFF (10%) TENSION OR PULL. TAPE
ENDED AT CORNERS OF UPPER LIP. TAPE NOT PLACED ON LIPS, BUT JUST
OUTSIDE OF LIPS, OUTLINING MOUTH. A SECOND PIECE OF TAPE WAS
ANCHORED AT CENTER OF THE LOWER LIP. TAPE WAS SURROUNDED
AROUND THE MOUTH, FOLLOWING THE ORBICULARIS ORIS MUSCLE. ENDS
OF THE TAPE OVERLAPPED SLIGHTLY.

29.  IT WAS ALSO CONCLUDED THAT IT IS SAFE AND EFFECTIVE METHOD
FOR CONTROLLING DROOLING IN THE CEREBRAL PALSY CHILDREN. IT
CAN ALSO REDUCE THE USE OF DROOLING CONTROL MEDICINE.
 SO IT IS SUGGESTED THAT KINESIOLOGIC TAPPING MUST BE
INCLUDED FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF DROOLING ALONG WITH OTHER
DROOLING REDUCING PROTOCOLS.

30. TEN PATIENTS WHO PRESENTED WITH BREAST AND CHEST WALL
OEDEMA FOLLOWING SURGERY AND/OR RADIOTHERAPY FOR
BREAST CANCER WERE INCLUDED IN THE STUDY.
THE TAPE WAS APPLIED IN THE FORMAT OFA FAN TO DIRECT
LYMPH FLUID TOWARDS LESS CONGESTED LYMPHATIC PATHWAYS
AND NODES AND THEREFORE REDUCE SWELLING, ALTHOUGH THE
EXACT POSITION OF THE TAPE VARIED ACCORDING TO THE
PATIENT’S INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES. THE ARMS OF THE FAN
DIRECT LYMPH FLOW TOWARDS THE ANCHOR AND LYMPH IS THEN
ABLE TO DRAIN AWAY.
AUDIT OF THE USE OF KINESIOLOGY TAPE
FOR BREAST OEDEMA

31. THE AUTHORS CONCLUDED THAT THE USE OF KINESIOLOGY TAPE
OFFERS AN ADDITIONAL APPROACH TO THE MANAGEMENT OF
LYMPHOEDEMA, PARTICULARLY IN THE BREAST AND TRUNCALAREA OF
THE BODY. ALTHOUGH THE RANGE OF COMPRESSION GARMENTS
SUITABLE FOR THE BREAST AND TRUNCALAREA IS EXPANDING, THESE
ARE NOT YET AVAILABLE ON PRESCRIPTION AND ARE EXPENSIVE TO BUY.
BY COMPARISON, A ROLL OF KINESIOLOGY TAPE IS RELATIVELY
INEXPENSIVE AND LASTS FOR A NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS OVER
SEVERAL MONTHS.
Sara Finnerty, Sian Thomason, Mary Woods Journal of Lymphoedema, 2010, Vol 5, No 1

32. THE EFFECT OF THE KINESIO TAPING AND SPIRAL TAPING
ON MENSTRUAL PAIN AND PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME
THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO COMPARE THE EFFECTS OF
KINESIO TAPING AND SPIRAL TAPING ON MENSTRUAL PAIN AND
PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME, TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFICACY OF THE
TWO TYPES OF TAPING AS METHODS FOR ALLEVIATING MENSTRUAL
PAIN AND PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME.
SUBJECTS WITH A REGULAR MENSTRUAL CYCLE UNDERWENT TAPING A
TOTAL OF SIX TIMES; TWICE A WEEK FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS,
STARTING FROM 14 DAYS BEFORE MENSTRUATION AND CONTINUING
UNTIL ITS END.
DEGREES OF MENSTRUAL PAIN AND PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME WERE
MEASURED BEFORE THE APPLICATION OF TAPING.

33. CHAEGIL LIM, YONGNAM PARK, YOUNGSOOK BAE: J. PHYS. THER. SCI. 25: 761–764, 2013
[RESULTS] THE RESULTS
REVEALED THAT KINESIO
TAPING HAD SIGNIFICANT
EFFECTS ON MENSTRUAL PAIN,
WHILE SPIRAL TAPING WAS
EFFECTIVE AT ALLEVIATING
BOTH MENSTRUAL PAIN AND
PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME
[CONCLUSION] BOTH TAPING
METHODS BEFORE MENSTRUATION
BROUGHT SIGNIFICANT RELIEF TO
MENSTRUAL PAIN, WHICH SUGGESTS
THAT SPIRAL TAPING IS AN
EFFECTIVE METHOD OF
ALLEVIATING PREMENSTRUAL
SYMPTOMS.

34. RELIEVING SYMPTOMS OF MERALGIA PARESTHETICA
USING KINESIO TAPING: A PILOT STUDY
Leonid Kalichman, Elisha Vered,, Lior Volchek :Arch Phys Med Rehabil Vol 91, July 2010
OBJECTIVE: TO ASSESS THE EFFECT OF THE NOVEL KINESIO TAPING TREATMENT
APPROACH ON MERALGIA PARESTHETICA (MP) SYMPTOMS.
DESIGN: REPEATED MEASUREMENTS, FEASIBILITY STUDY OF 1 INTERVENTION.
SETTING: REFERRAL PRIVATE PHYSICAL THERAPY CLINIC.
PARTICIPANTS: MEN (N6) AND WOMEN (N4) WITH CLINICALLY AND
ELECTROMYOGRAPHICALLY DIAGNOSED MP.
INTERVENTION: APPLICATION OF KINESIO TAPE, TWICE A WEEK FOR 4 WEEKS (8
TREATMENT SESSIONS IN TOTAL).

35. CONCLUSIONS:
KINESIO TAPING CAN BE USED
IN THE TREATMENT OF MP.
FUTURE RANDOMIZED
PLACEBO-CONTROLLED TRIALS
SHOULD BE DESIGNED WITH
PATIENTS AND ASSESSORS BLIND
TO THE TYPE OF INTERVENTION.

36. EFFECTS OF KINESIO TAPING ON VENOUS SYMPTOMS,
BIOELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE GASTROCNEMIUS
MUSCLE, RANGE OF ANKLE MOTION, AND QUALITY OF
LIFE IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH CHRONIC
VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED
TRIAL
THE SUBJECTS INCLUDED IN THE STUDY WERE
POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN (N=123; 62-67Y) WITH EARLY-STAGE
CVI.
FOR EXTERNAL (EG) AND INTERNAL (IG) GASTROCNEMIUS
MUSCLE ENHANCEMENT AND ANKLE FUNCTION CORRECTION
OR TO PLACEBO CONTROL GROUP FOR SHAM KT APPLICATION.
BOTH INTERVENTIONS WERE PERFORMED THREE TIMES A
WEEK DURING A 4-WEEK PERIOD.

37. KT procedures for application of Y-
shaped strips to the gastrocnemius
muscle in the experimental group:
measuring tape length for EG
muscles (A) and IG muscles (B),
strip cutting and modeling (C),
anchoring without tension (D),
final application with 15% to 50%
tension in a prone position (E) and
standing (F). The taping technique
required the origin of the Y-shaped
strip to be attached without
stretching or tension and with the
knee in a neutral joint position;
the tails of the Y-strip were placed
after maximal ankle dorsiflexion
and simultaneous knee extension,
following the
muscle anatomy with the
appropriate tension and leaving
the end of the strips tension-free;
the tape was then rubbed to
activate the adhesive.

38. KT procedures for applying an I-strip to
facilitate ankle dorsiflexion in the
experimental group: measuring tape
length (A); tape
application with 50% tension (B);
anchoring with foot in dorsiflexion,
forming a bridge (C); adhesion of strip
with the foot in plantar flexion (D);
activating the strip adhesive by moving
hands to the center (E); and final
dressing, standing (F). First, the
anchors were attached to the middle
third of the tibialis anterior muscle and
at the level of the third metatarsal on
the foot dorsum, making a bridge with
50% tension. In order to
hold the anchors in place, the
individual was asked to make a
maximum plantar flexion, the adhesive
was then activated by rubbing toward
the
center, and the joint was returned to a
relaxed posture.

39. M.E. Aguilar-Ferra´ndiz et al. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2013;94:2315-28
CONCLUSION
 KT MAY REDUCE VENOUS SYMPTOMS, PAIN AND
THEIR SEVERITY AND ENHANCE GASTROCNEMIUS
MUSCLE ACTIVITY, BUT ITS EFFECTS ON QUALITY OF
LIFE, OEDEMA, AND ROAM REMAIN UNCERTAIN.
KT MAY HAVE A PLACEBO EFFECT ON VENOUS PAIN.

40.  THE FIRST I STRIP TAPE WAS EXTENDED FROM THE PLANTER SURFACE
OF THE FOOT THROUGH THE MIDDLE THREE TOES TO THE ANTERIOR
ASPECT OF TIBIA JUST BELOW THE TIBIAL TUBEROSITY, THE TAPE
LENGTH WAS MEASURED FROM THE DORSAL SURFACE OF THE FOOT,
WHILE THE ANKLE WAS DORSIFLEXED, TO THE ANTERIOR TIBIA JUST
BELOW THE TIBIAL TUBEROSITY.
INFLUENCE OF ANKLE KINESIO TAPING ON ANKLE
EXCURSION AND SELECTED GAIT PARAMETERS IN
CHILDREN WITH HEMIPARESIS
 30 CHILDREN WITH SPASTIC HEMIPARESIS (9 RIGHT AND 21 LEFT SIDED),
RANGING IN AGE FROM SIX TO EIGHT YEARS, REPRESENTED THE SAMPLE
OF THIS STUDY .

41.  TAPING METHOD WAS INITIATED BY FIRST GENTLY PLACING THE
TOES THROUGH THE WHOLES, THEN, THE TAPE WITH PAPER-OFF
TENSION WAS APPLIED ON THE PLANTER SURFACE OF THE FOOT
AND ON DORSAL SIDE OF THE METATARSALS (DISTALANCHOR).
 THE FOOT WAS POSITIONED IN DORSIFLEXION AND IN MID
POSITION TO FIX THE PROXIMAL ANCHOR OF THE TAPE (WITH
PAPER-OFF TENSION) ON THE ANTERIOR TIBIA. THEN, THE CHILD
WAS ASKED TO PLANTER FLEX HIS FEET WHILE THE THERAPIST
MOVE BOTH HANDS TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE TAPE TO APPLY
THE REMAINING OF IT.
 THE SECOND I STRIP TAPE LENGTH WAS MEASURED AS TWICE
THE LENGTH OF THE LOWER LEG.

42.  THE TAPE BACKING IN THE CENTER WAS SPLITTED AND THE
TAPE WAS PLACED ON THE PLANTER SURFACE OF THE MID-FOOT
BETWEEN CALCANEUS AND METATARSAL HEADS WITH PAPER-
OFF TENSION.
 THE TAPE WAS THEN APPLIED DIAGONALLY OVER THE
ANTERIOR ANKLE WITH INCREASED TENSION ON THE LATERAL
SECTION TO PROMOTE EVERSION.

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THEN, THE TAPE WAS CONTINUED UP THE LOWER LEG
PARALLEL TO THE FIRST I STRIP WITH PAPER-OFF TENSION AT
THE END OF THE TAPE.
AFTER TAPE APPLICATION, EACH CHILD WAS INSTRUCTED TO
AVOID VIGOROUS ACTIVITIES FOR THIRTY MINUTES WHICH WAS
REQUIRED FOR THE GLUE TO BECOME FULLY ACTIVATED.
IN CONCLUSION, ANKLE KINESIO TAPING FOR CHILDREN WITH
SPASTIC HEMIPARETIC CEREBRAL PALSY MIGHT BE USED AS AN
ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENT TO REGULARLY SCHEDUALED
EXERCISES PROGRAM FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSISTING THOSE
CHILDREN IN MAXIMIZING THEIR FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES.

44. THANK YOU