Kinesio Tape Effects on Ankle Proprioception

Has Kinesio Tape Effects on Ankle Proprioception? A Randomized Clinical Trial

The aim of the present study was to establish whether Kinesio Tape (KT) on the ankle (Kase protocol for the lateral ankle ligament) improves Joint Position Sense (JPS) in healthy volunteers immediately after its application and 48 hours later.

The investigators assessed Joint Position Sense (JPS) through the difference of error (DoE) and the deviation of the target angle (DTA). JPS was assessed before the Kinesio Tape (KT) was placed, immediately after and 48 hours later.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Must be signed the informed consent
• Aged between 18 and 35 years
• Did not suffered from ankle or foot skin diseases
• Active dorsal/plantarflexion ARoM equal to or above 15º and inversion/eversion
• ARoM equal to or above 5º.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Traumatic, neurological or circulatory diseases diagnosed
• Joint laxity
• More than three ankle sprains in their lives or one in the last 12 months that required treatment and ankle or foot pain at the time of study enrolment in the non-dominant lower limb.