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 4 Changes of limb symmetry index (SI) during SLDL and SLVDJ for knee abduction, knee flexion and hip flexion

Symmetry Index (%)	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	SLDL	0.4 ± 4.8	0.2 ± 3.6	0.850	-0.06 (-0.42 to 0.30)	↓ 51.2
Knee abduction	SLVDJ	1.0 ± 6.5	-1.1 ± 3.5	0.089	-0.61 (-1.00 to -0.21)	↓ 213
Knee flexion	SLDL	7.1 ± 13.3	7.7 ± 16.6	0.833	0.04 (-0.32 to 0.40)	↑ 9.2
Knee flexion	SLVDJ	1.1 ± 11.0	-1.1 ± 10.7	0.446	-0.20 (-0.57 to 0.17)	↓ 200.9
Hip flexion	SLDL	-13.4 ± 17.0	-6.1 ± 21.1	0.161	0.34 (-0.03 to 0.72)	↑ 54.2
Hip flexion	SLVDJ	-6.1 ± 14.1	-3.6 ± 20.0	0.615	0.13 (-0.24 to 0.49)	↑ 41.3

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