Andreo Pauline, Khalaf Kinda, Heale Lainey, Jelinek Herbert F, Donnan Luke
Department of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Poitiers, Poitiers, France.
Department of Biomedical Engineering, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Front Physiol. 2018 Oct 31;9:1527. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01527. eCollection 2018.
Static taping of the ankle or knee joint is a common method of reducing risk of injury by providing mechanical stability. An alternative taping technique employs kinesiology tape, which has the additional benefit of improving functionality by stimulating proprioception. There is substantial disagreement whether kinesiology tape shows significant differences in proprioception and postural stability as compared to rigid/static tape when applied at the lower limb. The current study investigated the effects of kinesiology tape and static tape during a Y Balance Test on center of mass as an indicator for postural stability. Forty-one individuals, free of injury, performed the Y Balance Test under the three conditions; no tape, kinesiology tape, and static tape applied at the lower limb to the quadriceps, triceps surae and ankle joint. All participants completed the Y Balance Test to determine whether any significant differences could be observed using center of mass movement as a surrogate measure for balance and proprioception. The Minkowski-Bouligand and box-counting fractal dimension analyses were used as measures of the dynamic changes in the center of mass whilst undertaking the Y Balance Test. Statistical analyses included the Kruskal Wallis test to allow for non-normally distributed data and a Bonferroni corrected pairwise -test as a test to ascertain pairwise differences between the three taping conditions. Significance was set at 0.05. The fractal analyses of the dynamic changes in center of mass showed significant differences between the control and both the static tape and kinesiology tape groups ( = 0.021 and 0.009, respectively). The current study developed a novel measure of dynamic changes in the center of mass during a set movement that indicated real-time processing effects during a balance task associated with the type of taping used to enhance postural stability.
对踝关节或膝关节进行静态贴扎是一种通过提供机械稳定性来降低受伤风险的常用方法。另一种贴扎技术使用肌内效贴布，它还具有通过刺激本体感觉来改善功能的额外益处。当应用于下肢时，与刚性/静态贴布相比，肌内效贴布在本体感觉和姿势稳定性方面是否存在显著差异，目前存在很大分歧。本研究调查了在Y平衡测试期间，肌内效贴布和静态贴布对作为姿势稳定性指标的重心的影响。41名未受伤的个体在三种条件下进行了Y平衡测试；不贴扎、贴肌内效贴布以及在下肢股四头肌、小腿三头肌和踝关节处贴静态贴布。所有参与者都完成了Y平衡测试，以确定使用重心移动作为平衡和本体感觉的替代指标时是否能观察到任何显著差异。在进行Y平衡测试时，使用闵可夫斯基 - 布利冈德和盒计数分形维分析作为重心动态变化的测量方法。统计分析包括用于处理非正态分布数据的克鲁斯卡尔 - 沃利斯检验，以及作为检验以确定三种贴扎条件之间成对差异的邦费罗尼校正成对检验。显著性水平设定为0.05。重心动态变化的分形分析表明，对照组与静态贴布组和肌内效贴布组之间存在显著差异（分别为 = 0.021和0.009）。本研究开发了一种在特定运动过程中重心动态变化的新测量方法，该方法表明在与用于增强姿势稳定性的贴扎类型相关的平衡任务期间的实时处理效果。
