Acute effects of Kinesio taping on muscle strength and fatigue in the forearm of tennis players

作者：Zhang, Shen; Fu, Weijie^*; Pan, Jiahao; Wang, Lin; Xia, Rui; Liu, Yu^*

来源：Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 2016, 19(6): 459-464.

DOI：10.1016/j.jsams.2015.07.012

• Kinesio taping
• Muscle strength
• Work fatigue
• Rate of decline in moment

Objectives: To explore the immediate effects of Kinesio taping applied over the wrist extensors and flexors on muscle strength and endurance during isometric and isokinetic muscle actions.
Design: The study had a single-blinded, placebo control, and randomized design.
Methods: Fourteen trained male volunteers were required to complete 5 s isometric maximal voluntary contractions and 50 consecutive maximal concentric wrist extension and flexion repetitions at each of two angular speeds (60 degrees/s and 210 degrees/s) in three taping conditions: Kinesio taping (KT), placebo taping (PT), and no taping (NT).
Results: KT did not improve peak moment, peak power, average power, and total work for wrist extensors and flexors in the isometric and isokinetic contractions. However, KT showed a 13% decrease in work fatigue of the wrist flexors compare to NT (p = 0.014) at 60 degrees/s. Furthermore, a 20% decrease was also observed in the rate of decline of moment (k) of the wrist flexors in KT compared to NT (p = 0.007), and the k in PT was also significantly lower in magnitude compared to NT (p = 0.035). Moreover, there was also a trend in terms of magnitudes for k(KT) < k(PT) < k(NT) in the wrist flexors at 210 degrees/s.
Conclusions: Kinesio taping may not be able to modulate strength production in healthy athletes immediately, but does have a significant positive effect on reducing muscle fatigue during repeated concentric muscle actions. Additionally, the potential beneficial effects of placebo taping on muscle endurance should not be ignored either.

• 出版日期2016-6
• 单位上海体育学院