@article{article_437491, title={SHORT-TERM EFFECTS OF TRUNK KINESIO TAPING ON TRUNK MUSCLE ENDURANCE AND POSTURAL STABILITY IN HEALTHY YOUNG ADULTS: A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL}, journal={Fizyoterapi Rehabilitasyon}, volume={30}, pages={89–96}, year={2019}, DOI={10.21653/tfrd.437491}, author={Toprak Celenay, Seyda and Ozkan, Taskin and Unluer, Nezehat Ozgul}, keywords={Endurance; Postural Stability; Taping; Trunk}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Purpose: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">To investigate short-term effects of trunk
kinesio tape (KT) application on trunk muscle endurance and postural stability
in healthy young adults. <b> </b> </span> </p> <p> <b> </b> </p> <b> </b> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Methods: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Fifty-eight healthy subjects were </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">randomly assigned into two
groups: KT group and placebo KT group. </span> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">According to the group
assignment, KT was applied on both sides of the abdominal and sacrospinal
muscles. The trunk muscle endurance </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb">with McGill’s trunk muscle endurance tests and </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">postural
stability with a force platform (ProKin, Tecnobody, Bergamo, Italy) in static, </span> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb">eyes-open and closed conditions were assesse <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);">d. </span> </span> <font color="#000000"> <a> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);" xml:lang="en-us"> <font color="#000000">Chi-Square
test, Paired Samples t-test, Wilcoxon test, Independent samples t-test, and
Mann Whitney U test were used for analysis. </font> </span> </a> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb"> </span> </font> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%;"> <b> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb">Results: </span> </b> <span lang="en-gb" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-gb"> D </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">emographic characteristics of the KT and placebo KT
groups were similar (p>0.05). </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">After KT application, the
trunk muscle endurance scores improved (p<0.05); however, </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">no </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">differences were found in </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">postural
stability scores (p>0.05) in the KT group. In the placebo KT group, there
was no difference between trunk muscle endurance and postural stability scores <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"> </span> <font color="#000000"> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);"> <a>(p>0.05) </a>. </span> </font>It was shown that only trunk flexor and
trunk left lateral muscle endurance scores increased </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> in the KT group compared to the placebo KT group
(p<0.05). </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us"> </span> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%;"> <b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">Conclusion: </span> </b> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">
In this study, </span> <span lang="en-us" style="font-size:12pt;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" xml:lang="en-us">the trunk KT increased trunk muscle endurance;
however, it did not improve postural stability in short term. <b> </b>Thus, the trunk KT might be impor}, number={2}, publisher={Türkiye Fizyoterapistler Derneği}