The influence of kinesio taping on trunk and lower extremity motions during different landing tasks: implications for anterior cruciate ligament injury

Sheikhi, Bahram; Letafatkar, Amir; Hogg, Jennifer; Naseri-Mobaraki, Esmaiel

doi:10.1186/s40634-021-00339-w

Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics

Table 2 Within-group changes in peak angles of knee abduction, knee flexion, hip flexion, lateral trunk lean, sum of knee valgus and lateral trunk lean during SLDL, SLVDJ tasks

From: The influence of kinesio taping on trunk and lower extremity motions during different landing tasks: implications for anterior cruciate ligament injury

Landing Characteristic (°)	Task	Landing Leg	Without KT (Baseline)^α	With KT^α	*P value*	Effect size^† and 95% Confidence Interval (Lower limit -Upper limit)	Change Relative to Baseline^‡ (%)
Knee abduction	SLDL	Dominant	169.0 ± 6.3	172.0 ± 4.6	0.022*	0.65 (0.24 to 1.05)	↑ 1.8
	SLDL	Non-dominant	168.3 ± 4.8	171.7 ± 5.6	0.014*	0.61 (0.21 to 1.00)	↑ 2.0
	SLVDJ	Dominant	169.0 ± 5.7	166.4 ± 6.3	0.083	-0.42 (-0.80 to -0.04)	↓ 1.6
	SLVDJ	Non-dominant	167.5 ± 8.2	168.3 ± 6.2	0.678	0.14 (-0.23 to 0.50)	↑ 0.5
Knee flexion	SLDL	Dominant	103.3 ± 7.1	98.8 ± 9.9	0.018*	-0.45 (-0.83 to -0.07)	↓ 4.3
	SLDL	Non-dominant	96.4 ± 8.9	91.6 ± 10.5	0.031*	-0.46 (-0.84 to -0.07)	↓ 5.0
	SLVDJ	Dominant	114.2 ± 9.0	108.6 ± 9.7	0.034*	-0.57 (-0.96 to -0.18)	↓ 4.9
	SLVDJ	Non-dominant	112.9 ± 8.4	109.6 ± 7.2	0.040*	-0.45 (-0.83 to -0.07)	↓ 2.9
Hip flexion	SLDL	Dominant	87.4 ± 13.2	80.5 ± 12.9	0.060	-0.53 (-0.91 to -0.14)	↓ 7.8
	SLDL	Non-dominant	94.6 ± 21.9	91.5 ± 9.2	0.553	-0.34 (-0.71 to 0.04)	↓ 3.3
	SLVDJ	Dominant	124.9 ± 14.2	119.9 ± 6.1	0.098	-0.82 (-1.24 to -0.40)	↓ 4.0
	SLVDJ	Non-dominant	132.5 ± 11.3	125.9 ± 21.3	0.152	-0.31 (-0.68 to 0.07)	↓ 4.9
Lateral trunk lean	SLDL	Dominant	9.1 ± 5.1	9.6 ± 6.7	0.619	0.08 (-0.29 to 0.44)	↑ 5.6
	SLDL	Non-dominant	11.1 ± 6.1	11.2 ± 8.0	0.924	0.01 (-0.35 to 0.38)	↑ 1.0
	SLVDJ	Dominant	8.3 ± 5.4	8.4 ± 5.5	0.850	0.02 (-0.34 to 0.38)	↑ 1.3
	SLVDJ	Non-dominant	7.9 ± 4.8	6.6 ± 4.4	0.199	-0.29 (-0.66 to 0.09)	↓16.1
Sum of knee valgus and lateral trunk lean	SLDL	Dominant	178.1 ± 7.8	181.6 ± 9.4	0.033*	0.37 (-0.004 to 0.75)	↑ 2.0
	SLDL	Non-dominant	179.3 ± 8.2	182.9 ± 11.6	0.044*	0.31 (-0.07 to 0.68)	↑ 2.0
	SLVDJ	Dominant	177.3 ± 6.9	174.8 ± 7.9	0.097	-0.32 (-0.69 to 0.05)	↓ 1.4
	SLVDJ	Non-dominant	175.3 ± 8.9	174.9 ± 7.5	0.860	-0.05 (-0.41 to 0.31)	↓ 0.2

Abbreviation:^α, Values stands for Mean ± SD; SLDL Single-leg drop landing, SLVDJ Single-leg vertical drop jump, KT Kinesio taping; †, Cohen’s d; *_, significant difference (P < .05); ‡, percent change relative to baseline (↓decrease, ↑ increase)

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