Does Kinesio Taping reduce swelling in athletes who have suffered an acute, lateral ankle sprain?Randomised controlled trial with concealed allocation, intention-to-treat analysis and blinded assessment.Thirty-six athletes who participated regularly in one of seven different sports modalities and suffered an acute ankle sprain.The experimental group received Kinesio Taping application for 3 days, which was designed to treat swelling. The control group received an inert Kinesio Taping application.For the comparison between groups, the swelling was measured via volumetry, perimetry, relative volumetry and two analyses of the difference in volume and perimetry between ankles of each participant. Data were collected immediately after the 3 days of intervention and at follow-up, which was 15 days post intervention.At 3 days after intervention, there were no differences between groups for swelling in volumetry (MD -2 ml, 95
作者:Guilherme S, Nunes;Valentine Zimermann, Vargas;Bruna, Wageck;Daniela Pacheco dos Santos, Hauphental;Clarissa Medeiros, da Luz;Marcos, de Noronha
来源:Journal of physiotherapy 2015 年 61卷 1期