Halski Tomasz, Dymarek Robert, Ptaszkowski Kuba, Słupska Lucyna, Rajfur Katarzyna, Rajfur Joanna, Pasternok Małgorzata, Smykla Agnieszka, Taradaj Jakub
Institute of Physiotherapy, Public Higher Medical Professional School in Opole, Opole, Poland.
Department of Nervous System Diseases, University of Medicine in Wrocław, Wrocław, Poland.
Med Sci Monit. 2015 Aug 1;21:2232-9. doi: 10.12659/MSM.894150.
Kinesiology taping (KT) is a popular method of supporting professional athletes during sports activities, traumatic injury prevention, and physiotherapeutic procedures after a wide range of musculoskeletal injuries. The effectiveness of KT in muscle strength and motor units recruitment is still uncertain. The objective of this study was to assess the effect of KT on surface electromyographic (sEMG) activity and muscle flexibility of the rectus femoris (RF), vastus lateralis (VL), and vastus medialis (VM) muscles in healthy volleyball players.
Twenty-two healthy volleyball players (8 men and 14 women) were included in the study and randomly assigned to 2 comparative groups: "kinesiology taping" (KT; n=12; age: 22.30 ± 1.88 years; BMI: 22.19 ± 4.00 kg/m(2)) in which KT application over the RF muscle was used, and "placebo taping" (PT; n=10; age: 21.50 ± 2.07 years; BMI: 22.74 ± 2.67 kg/m(2)) in which adhesive nonelastic tape over the same muscle was used. All subjects were analyzed for resting sEMG activity of the VL and VM muscles, resting and functional sEMG activity of RF muscle, and muscle flexibility of RF muscle.
No significant differences in muscle flexibility of the RF muscle and sEMG activity of the RF, VL, and VM muscles were registered before and after interventions in both groups, and between the KT and PT groups (p>0.05).
The results show that application of the KT to the RF muscle is not useful to improve sEMG activity.
肌内效贴布（KT）是一种在体育活动期间支持职业运动员、预防创伤性损伤以及在多种肌肉骨骼损伤后进行物理治疗的常用方法。KT在肌肉力量和运动单位募集方面的有效性仍不确定。本研究的目的是评估KT对健康排球运动员股直肌（RF）、股外侧肌（VL）和股内侧肌（VM）表面肌电图（sEMG）活动及肌肉柔韧性的影响。
22名健康排球运动员（8名男性和14名女性）纳入本研究，并随机分为2个比较组：“肌内效贴布组”（KT；n = 12；年龄：22.30 ± 1.88岁；体重指数：22.19 ± 4.00 kg/m²），该组在RF肌肉上使用KT贴布；“安慰剂贴布组”（PT；n = 10；年龄：21.50 ± 2.07岁；体重指数：22.74 ± 2.67 kg/m²），该组在同一肌肉上使用无弹性粘性胶带。对所有受试者的VL和VM肌肉静息sEMG活动、RF肌肉静息和功能性sEMG活动以及RF肌肉的柔韧性进行分析。
两组干预前后以及KT组和PT组之间，RF肌肉的柔韧性以及RF、VL和VM肌肉的sEMG活动均无显著差异（p>0.05）。
结果表明，在RF肌肉上应用KT对改善sEMG活动并无作用。
