The effect of kinesiotape on function, pain, and motoneuronal excitability in healthy people and people with achilles tendinopathy

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 416-421

  Firth, Bridget L ^a   Dingley, Paul ^a   Davies, Elizabeth R ^a   Lewis, Jeremy S ^b   Alexander, Caroline M ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Achilles; function; Kinesiotape; pain

Indexed keywords

ACHILLES TENDINITIS; ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; KINESIOTAPE; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACHILLES TENDON; ADULT; AGED; ATHLETIC TAPE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; REFLEX, ABNORMAL; TENDINOPATHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649365526     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e3181f479b0     Document Type: Article

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