[Effects of taping therapy on the deformed angle of the foot and pain in hallux valgus patients].
OBJECTIVE
This study was to examine the effects of Taping therapy on the deformed angle of the foot and pain in hallux valgus patients.


METHODS
The subjects were 24 feet from 15 patients who were diagnosed withhallus valgus at the orthopedic department of K University Hospital in Seoul. Taping therapy was conducted 15 times overall during a four-week period. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and t-test.


RESULTS
The deformed angle of the foot of the hallus valgus patients significantly improved from 21.95 (4.38) to 18.75 (4.80) after Taping therapy. Pain significantly decreased from 4.73 (1.56) to 3.45 (2.21) after Taping therapy.


CONCLUSIONS
The result shows that Taping therapy is effective in improving the deformed angle of the foot and in decreasing pain in the hallux valgus patients.
Jeon
Mi-Yang
MY
Keukdong College, Chung cheong buk-doh 367-703, Korea. myjeon68@hanmail.net
Jeong
Hyeon-Cheol
HC
Jeong
Mi-Suk
MS
Lee
Young-Ja
YJ
Kim
Jeong-Ok
JO
Lee
Sung-Tae
ST
Lim
Nan-Young
NY
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006215:Hallux Valgus / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009989:Orthotic Devices; D010146:Pain