How much is Kinesio taping a psychological crutch?

Manual Therapy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Vercelli, Stefano ^a   Ferriero, Giorgio ^a   Bravini, Elisabetta ^a   Sartorio, Francesco ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ATHLETIC TAPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINESIO TAPING; LETTER; MEDICAL DEVICE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SAFETY; SPORT; WELLBEING;

ATHLETIC TAPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 84877104950     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: 15322769     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2012.10.008     Document Type: Letter

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