title: The effects of neuromuscular taping on gait walking strategy in a patient with joint hypermobility syndrome/Ehlers-Danlos syndrome hypermobility type.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  In this case study, biomechanical alterations induced by neuromuscular taping (NMT) were quantified, during walking, in a patient with joint hypermobility syndrome/Ehlers-Danlos syndrome hypermobility type (JHS/EDS-HT).
  
  
  METHODS
  A female JHS/EDS-HT patient underwent NMT applications over the low back spine and bilaterally to the knee. Quantitative gait analyses were collected before the NMT application and at the end of the treatment (2 weeks after the first application of NMT).
  
  
  RESULTS
  At the end of treatment following the NMT application, left step length showed improvements in cadence and velocity, the left knee showed a reduction in its flexed position at initial contact, and the right ankle joint improved its position at initial contact and in the swing phase. Improvements were also found in kinetics, in terms of the ankle moment and power.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Results show that NMT seems to be a promising low-cost intervention for improving gait strategy in patients with JHS/EDS-HT. Further investigations are needed to assess the effects of this treatment intervention on pathological symptoms.
authors: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Division, Orthopaedic Department, Umberto I Hospital, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
authors: Filippo
authors: F
authors: Camerota
authors: Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering Department, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy and Gait Analysis Lab IRCCS 'San Raffaele Pisana', Tosinvest Sanità, Roma, Italy.
authors: Manuela
authors: M
authors: Galli
authors: Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering Department, Politecnico di Milano, piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy.
authors: Veronica
authors: V
authors: Cimolin
authors: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Division, Orthopaedic Department, Umberto I Hospital, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
authors: Claudia
authors: C
authors: Celletti
authors: IRCCS 'San Raffaele Pisana', Tosinvest Sanità, Roma, Italy.
authors: Andrea
authors: A
authors: Ancillao
authors: NeuroMuscular Taping Institute, Roma, Italy.
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Blow
authors: IRCCS 'San Raffaele Pisana', Tosinvest Sanità, Roma, Italy.
authors: Giorgio
authors: G
authors: Albertini
keywords: Ehlers–Danlos syndrome; gait analysis; neuromuscular taping; rehabilitation
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