title: Prolonged use of Kinesiotaping does not enhance functional performance and joint proprioception in healthy young males: Randomized controlled trial.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of continuous (48-hour) use of Kinesiotaping (KT) on functional and proprioceptive performance in healthy, physically active men.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-six healthy, physically active men (21.8±2.2 years old) were randomly allocated into two groups: 1) Kinesiotaping group (KG, tape applied with 40% tension for rectus femoris activation); 2) Control (CG, tape applied over rectus femoris without additional tension). Subjects attended the laboratory on five separate occasions: 1) familiarization; 2) baseline measurement without tape (BL); 3) immediately post-tape application (T0); 4) 24h (T24); and 5) 48h (T48) post-tape application. The outcomes were distance in the single (SHT) and triple hop tests (THT), vertical jump height (VJH), vertical jump power (VJP), and rate of force development (RFD). A mixed-model ANOVA was applied to verify differences between and within groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No significant (p >0.05) differences were found in the SHT and THT between groups and moments. Likewise, the main effects for VJH, VJP, and RFD were not significant (p >0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The present study demonstrated no significant immediate or prolonged (48h) effects of KT on functional and proprioceptive performance.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Educação Física, Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Magalhães
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Educação Física, Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
authors.forename: Martim
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bottaro
authors.affiliation: Curso de Fisioterapia, Laboratório de Análise do Desempenho Funcional Humano, UnB, Campus UnB Ceilândia, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
authors.forename: João R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Freitas
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Educação Física, Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Brasilia, DF, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jake
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Carmo
authors.affiliation: Curso de Fisioterapia, Laboratório de Análise do Desempenho Funcional Humano, UnB, Campus UnB Ceilândia, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
authors.forename: João P C
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Matheus
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Educação Física, Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Brasilia, DF, Brazil.|Curso de Fisioterapia, Laboratório de Análise do Desempenho Funcional Humano, UnB, Campus UnB Ceilândia, Brasília, DF, Brazil.|Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências da Reabilitação (PPG-CR), UnB, Campus UnB Ceilândia, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
authors.forename: Rodrigo L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Carregaro
mesh_terms: D055052:Athletic Tape; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011434:Proprioception / Q000502:physiology*; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic