title: Acute effects of Kinesio taping on muscle strength and fatigue in the forearm of tennis players.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the immediate effects of Kinesio taping applied over the wrist extensors and flexors on muscle strength and endurance during isometric and isokinetic muscle actions.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study had a single-blinded, placebo control, and randomized design.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fourteen trained male volunteers were required to complete 5s isometric maximal voluntary contractions and 50 consecutive maximal concentric wrist extension and flexion repetitions at each of two angular speeds (60°/s and 210°/s) in three taping conditions: Kinesio taping (KT), placebo taping (PT), and no taping (NT).
  
  
  RESULTS
  KT did not improve peak moment, peak power, average power, and total work for wrist extensors and flexors in the isometric and isokinetic contractions. However, KT showed a 13% decrease in work fatigue of the wrist flexors compare to NT (p=0.014) at 60°/s. Furthermore, a 20% decrease was also observed in the rate of decline of moment (k) of the wrist flexors in KT compared to NT (p=0.007), and the k in PT was also significantly lower in magnitude compared to NT (p=0.035). Moreover, there was also a trend in terms of magnitudes for kKT<kPT<kNT in the wrist flexors at 210°/s.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Kinesio taping may not be able to modulate strength production in healthy athletes immediately, but does have a significant positive effect on reducing muscle fatigue during repeated concentric muscle actions. Additionally, the potential beneficial effects of placebo taping on muscle endurance should not be ignored either.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Exercise and Health Sciences of Ministry of Education, Shanghai University of Sport, China.
authors.forename: Shen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Exercise and Health Sciences of Ministry of Education, Shanghai University of Sport, China. Electronic address: fuweijie@sus.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Weijie
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Exercise and Health Sciences of Ministry of Education, Shanghai University of Sport, China.
authors.forename: Jiahao
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.affiliation: Department of Sports Rehabilitation, Shanghai University of Sport, China.
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Exercise and Health Sciences of Ministry of Education, Shanghai University of Sport, China.
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Exercise and Health Sciences of Ministry of Education, Shanghai University of Sport, China. Electronic address: yuliu@sus.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D055052:Athletic Tape; D005542:Forearm / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007537:Isometric Contraction / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018763:Muscle Fatigue / Q000502:physiology*; D053580:Muscle Strength / Q000502:physiology*; D026201:Musculoskeletal Manipulations / Q000379:methods*; D016037:Single-Blind Method; D013715:Tennis; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Kinesio taping; Muscle strength; Rate of decline in moment; Work fatigue