title: Effect of Mulligan's and Kinesio knee taping on adolescent ballet dancers knee and hip biomechanics during landing.
abstract: Taping is often used to manage the high rate of knee injuries in ballet dancers; however, little is known about the effect of taping on lower-limb biomechanics during ballet landings in the turnout position. This study investigated the effects of Kinesiotape (KT), Mulligan's tape (MT) and no tape (NT) on knee and hip kinetics during landing in three turnout positions. The effect of taping on the esthetic execution of ballet jumps was also assessed. Eighteen pain-free 12-15-year-old female ballet dancers performed ballet jumps in three turnout positions, under the three knee taping conditions. A Vicon Motion Analysis system (Vicon Oxford, Oxford, UK) and Advanced Mechanical Technology, Inc. (Watertown, Massa chusetts, USA) force plate collected lower-limb mechanics. The results demonstrated that MT significantly reduced peak posterior knee shear forces (P = 0.025) and peak posterior (P = 0.005), medial (P = 0.022) and lateral (P = 0.014) hip shear forces compared with NT when landing in first position. KT had no effect on knee or hip forces. No significant differences existed between taping conditions in all landing positions for the esthetic measures. MT was able to reduce knee and the hip forces without affecting the esthetic performance of ballet jumps, which may have implications for preventing and managing knee injuries in ballet dancers.
authors.affiliation: School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Centre for Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hendry
authors.affiliation: School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Centre for Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.affiliation: School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Centre for Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.affiliation: School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Centre for Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Grisbrook
authors.affiliation: School of Physiotherapy and Exercise Science, Centre for Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Hopper
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D055052:Athletic Tape; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003615:Dancing / Q000502:physiology*; D004954:Esthetics; D005260:Female; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000502:physiology*; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D013314:Stress, Mechanical
keywords: Knee force; hip force; kinematics; kinetics; turnout