Prawit Janwantanakul1, Chitanongk Gaogasigam. 1. Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. prawit.j@chula.ac.th
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of inhibition and facilitation taping techniques on the activity of vastus lateralis and vastus medialis obliquus. DESIGN: Repeated-measures design. SETTING: Laboratory in an educational institution. SUBJECTS:Thirty healthy females aged between 18 and 23 years. INTERVENTION: Subjects were tested during the application of inhibition tape, facilitation tape and no tape to vastus lateralis in random order. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Electromyographic activity of vastus lateralis and vastus medialis obliquus during stair descent was recorded using bipolar surface electrodes. RESULTS:Electromyographic activity of vastus lateralis and vastus medialis obliquus during the application of inhibition tape or facilitation tape did not alter significantly compared with no tape condition. CONCLUSIONS: Taping designed to inhibit or facilitate muscle activity via sensory stimulation does not affect vastus lateralis or vastus medialis obliquus activity in healthy subjects. Further investigation is required to find a means of muscle taping that could be recommended as an intervention for patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome.
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OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of inhibition and facilitation taping techniques on the activity of vastus lateralis and vastus medialis obliquus. DESIGN: Repeated-measures design. SETTING: Laboratory in an educational institution. SUBJECTS: Thirty healthy females aged between 18 and 23 years. INTERVENTION: Subjects were tested during the application of inhibition tape, facilitation tape and no tape to vastus lateralis in random order. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Electromyographic activity of vastus lateralis and vastus medialis obliquus during stair descent was recorded using bipolar surface electrodes. RESULTS: Electromyographic activity of vastus lateralis and vastus medialis obliquus during the application of inhibition tape or facilitation tape did not alter significantly compared with no tape condition. CONCLUSIONS: Taping designed to inhibit or facilitate muscle activity via sensory stimulation does not affect vastus lateralis or vastus medialis obliquus activity in healthy subjects. Further investigation is required to find a means of muscle taping that could be recommended as an intervention for patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome.
Authors: Paweł Korman; Anna Straburzyńska-Lupa; Radosław Rutkowski; Jakub Gruszczyński; Jacek Lewandowski; Marcin Straburzyński-Lupa; Dawid Łochyński Journal: Biomed Res Int Date: 2015-12-24 Impact factor: 3.411