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

Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics

Table 3 Peak angles of knee abduction, knee flexion and hip flexion during DLVDJ, DLFJ tasks

Landing Characteristic (°)	Task	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	DLVDJ	169.4 ± 6.3	169.5 ± 4.8	0.926	0.03(-0.34 to 0.39)	↑ 0.1
Knee abduction	DLFJ	168.5 ± 5.0	166.1 ± 9.6	0.204	-0.25 (-0.62 to 0.12)	↓ 1.4
Knee flexion	DLVDJ	94.3 ± 9.2	93.3 ± 11.0	0.690	-0.08 (-0.45 to 0.28)	↓ 1.0
Knee flexion	DLFJ	96.7 ± 11.9	94.8 ± 12.5	0.550	-0.15 (-0.51 to 0.21)	↓ 2.0
Hip flexion	DLVDJ	101.3 ± 22.2	106.0 ± 24.1	0.481	0.20 (-0.17 to 0.56)	↑ 4.7
Hip flexion	DLFJ	101.7 ± 21.1	95.2 ± 13.2	0.128	-0.49 (-0.87 to -0.10)	↓ 6.4

Abbreviation:^α, Values stands for Mean ± SD; DLVDJ Double leg vertical drop jump, DLFJ Double leg forward jump, KT Kinesio taping; †, Cohen’s d; ‡, percent change relative to baseline (↓decrease, ↑ increase)