title: Effects of Femoral Rotational Taping on Dynamic Postural Stability in Female Patients With Patellofemoral Pain.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effects of femoral rotational taping on task performance, dynamic postural control, and pain during the Star Excursion Balance Test (SEBT) in patients with patellofemoral pain (PFP) compared to healthy controls.
  
  
  METHODS
  Case-control study, pretest-posttest.
  
  
  METHODS
  Laboratory.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-four female participants (16 with PFP, 8 controls).
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants in both the PFP and control groups performed SEBT with no taping, sham taping, and femoral rotational taping.
  
  
  METHODS
  The maximum anterior excursion distance, 3-dimensional hip and knee kinematics of the stance leg, and pain score (VAS) during SEBT were recorded. The coefficients of variance (CV) of kinematic data gathered from electromagnetic sensors on pelvis and femur were calculated to represent segmental stability.
  
  
  RESULTS
  When performing the SEBT in the anterior direction, application of femoral rotational taping increased maximum excursion distance (65.57% vs 66.15% leg length, P = 0.027), decreased hip adduction excursion (47.6 vs 32.1 degrees, P = 0.010), and pain (3.34 vs 2.38, P = 0.040) in the PFP group. Femoral rotational taping also improved the medial-lateral (7.1 vs 4.6, P = 0.015) and proximal-distal stability (7.5 vs 4.5, P = 0.020) of the pelvis, and medial-lateral stability (7.2 vs 6.1, P = 0.009) of the femur.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results support the use of femoral rotational taping for improving dynamic postural control and reducing pain during SEBT.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Femoral rotational taping could be used in the management of young female patients with PFP.
authors.affiliation: *Department of Health Promotion and Gerontological Care, Taipei College of Maritime Technology, New Taipei City, Taiwan; †School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; and ‡Department of Physical Therapy and Human Movement Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
authors.forename: Chen-Yi
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Jiu-Jenq
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Alison H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D055052:Athletic Tape; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000503:physiopathology*; D046788:Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*; D004856:Postural Balance; D055815:Young Adult