Trial reportJournal of athletic training2015
Forearm Skin Blood Flow After Kinesiology Taping in Healthy Soccer Players: An Exploratory Investigation.
Trial report in Journal of athletic training, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effects of Kinesio tape on lower limb muscle strength, hop test, and vertical jump performances: a meta-analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2019Pooled it
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- Is Kinesio Taping to Generate Skin Convolutions Effective for Increasing Local Blood Circulation?Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2018Trial
- Infrared Kinesiology Tape Increases Skin Temperature and Red Blood Cell Flux at Rest.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2026Article
- Kinesiology tape modestly increases skin blood flow regardless of tape application technique.Journal of performance health research · 2017Article
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Abstract
contextKinesiology tape (KT) has become popular among athletes for both injury prevention and rehabilitation due to its reported therapeutic effects, including facilitation of lymphatic flow and enhanced peripheral blood flow. However, evidence to support such claims is insufficient.
objectiveTo determine whether KT improves skin blood flow (SkBF) responses in young, elite soccer players.
designRandomized crossover study.
settingResearch laboratory. PATIENTS OR OTHER
participantsThirteen healthy, elite, adolescent male soccer players (age = 14.7 ± 0.6 years). INTERVENTION(S): Participants completed 2 experimental trials; during trial 1, the volar aspect of the dominant forearm was taped. Forearm SkBF was measured within the taped area and 3 cm lateral to the taped area. During trial 2, no tape was applied to either site. Both trials were performed within 7 days. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE(S): Baseline and maximal thermally (42°C) stimulated SkBF responses were assessed using laser Doppler flowmetry. Continuously measured SkBF and derived mean arterial pressure obtained at 5-minute intervals were used to calculate cutaneous vascular conductance (CVC), the primary outcome measure.
resultsNo differences were observed for baseline SkBF or CVC between trials or measurement sites. After local heating, no differences were evident for SkBF or CVC between trials or measurement sites.
conclusionsOur findings suggest that, in healthy, trained adolescent males, KT was not associated with increased forearm SkBF.
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