Effects of ankle Kinesio taping on knee and ankle joint biomechanics during unanticipated jumps in collegiate athletes

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 19; no. 8; p. e0305480
• Main Authors: Liu, Quan, Wang, Ling, Dai, Fan, Wang, Guanglan, Chen, Peng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.08.2024; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Ankle; Ankle Joint - physiology; Athletes; Athletic Tape; Athletic taping; Biology and Life Sciences; Biomechanical Phenomena; Biomechanics; External stimuli; Female; Force; Force plates; Humans; Infrared cameras; Injuries; Intervention; Joint and ligament injuries; Joints (anatomy); Jumping; Kinematics; Knee; Knee Joint - physiology; Male; Medicine and Health Sciences; Motion capture; Movement - physiology; Physical Sciences; Range of Motion, Articular - physiology; Sports injuries; Student athletes; Taping; Three dimensional motion; Vertical forces; Young Adult

Most biomechanical research on the application of Kinesio taping (KT) to the ankle joint focused on testing anticipated movements. However, ankle sprains frequently occur in real life in unanticipated situations, where individuals are unprepared and face sudden external stimuli. This situation is co...