Department of Physiotherapy, Center of Health and Sport Sciences, Santa Catarina State University, Brazil.
Department of Physiotherapy, Center of Health and Sport Sciences, Santa Catarina State University, Brazil; La Trobe University, Rural Health School, Bendigo, VIC, Australia.
J Physiother. 2015 Jan;61(1):28-33. doi: 10.1016/j.jphys.2014.11.002. Epub 2014 Dec 9.
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% CI -28 to 32); perimetry (MD 0.2 cm, 95% CI -0.6 to 1.0); relative volumetry (MD 0.0 cm, 95% CI -0.1 to 0.1); and the other analyses. At day 15 follow-up, there were no significant between-group differences in outcomes.
The application of Kinesio Taping, with the aim of stimulating the lymphatic system, is ineffective in decreasing acute swelling after an ankle sprain in athletes.
Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials, RBR-32sctf.
运动中发生急性外踝扭伤后，肌内效贴能否减轻肿胀？
随机对照试验，设隐匿分组，意向治疗分析和盲法评估。
36 名定期参加 7 种不同运动项目的运动员，发生急性踝关节扭伤。
实验组接受肌内效贴治疗 3 天，设计目的是治疗肿胀。对照组接受惰性肌内效贴治疗。
组间比较通过体积测量、周长测量、相对体积和每位参与者双侧踝关节容积和周长差值的 2 种分析来测量肿胀。数据在干预后 3 天和随访时（即干预后 15 天）收集。
干预后 3 天，两组间在容积测量（MD -2ml，95%CI -28 至 32）、周长测量（MD 0.2cm，95%CI -0.6 至 1.0）、相对体积测量（MD 0.0cm，95%CI -0.1 至 0.1）和其他分析中无差异。随访 15 天，结局无显著组间差异。
为刺激淋巴系统而应用肌内效贴，对运动员急性踝关节扭伤后减轻肿胀无效。
巴西临床试验注册处，RBR-32sctf。
