The Effect of Kinesiological Taping Applied to the Tibialis Anterior Muscle on Gait Parameter in Stroke Patients

The Effect of Kinesiological Taping Applied to the Tibialis Anterior Muscle on Gait Parameter in Stroke Patients: Sham Controlled Study

The effect of kinesiological taping applied to the tibialis anterior muscle on gait parameter in stroke patients: Sham controlled study

Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the immediate effect of kinesiological and / or sham taping to the tibialis anterior muscle on walking parameters in stroke individuals.

Methods: The study included 28 adults stroke patients . The subjects who received scores of 7 or more in the Hodkinson Mental Test and 3 and above in the Functional Ambulation Classification with subjects who gastrocnemius muscle spasticity 2 and below points according to Modified Ashworth Scale were included in the study. The walking parameters of the participants were evaluated with the BTS G-Walk Spatio-Temporal Walking Analysis System. The walking parameters of the participants who were selected by randomization method were evaluated separately by applying kinesiological taping and sham taping or without any taping or interference on a 10 meter track.

Inclusion Criteria:

• 28 stroke individuals (hemiplegic / hemiparetic) who were treated in the Adult
• Neurological Rehabilitation Unit of Pamukkale University Medical Faculty Hospital were included in the study.
• Being between the ages of 25-70
• Volunteers with written consent
• With a 1-year history of stroke
• Who had a stroke for the first time
• Having a lesion in one brain hemisphere

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having neurological or orthopedic comorbid disease
• Patients with a gastrocnemius spasticity greater than 2 according to the modified ashworth scale
• Patients with communication problems
• Patients with cognitive functions below 7 points according to the Hodkinson Mental Test
• Patients with ambulation level below 3 according to Functional Ambulation Classification