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Effects of multidirectional elastic tape on pain and function in individuals with lateral elbow tendinopathy: A randomised crossover trial.
- Source :
- Clinical Rehabilitation; Aug2023, Vol. 37 Issue 8, p1041-1051, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Objective: To investigate the effects of multidirectional elastic tape on pain and function in individuals with lateral elbow tendinopathy. Study Design: Randomised crossover trial. Setting: Biomechanics laboratory. Subjects: 27 participants (11 females, mean (SD) age: 48.6 (11.9) years) with clinically diagnosed lateral elbow tendinopathy of at least six weeks' duration. Interventions: Tensioned multidirectional elastic tape applied over the wrist, compared to control tape (untensioned), and no tape conditions. Main measures: Pain-free grip strength and pressure pain threshold were recorded at three timepoints for each condition: baseline, post-application, and following an exercise circuit. Change scores were calculated as the post-application or post-exercise value minus baseline. Repeated-measure analyses of variance were used to examine differences between conditions. Results: There were no statistically significant differences in pain-free grip strength between conditions (flexed position: F<subscript>2,52</subscript> = 0.02, p = 0.98; extended position: F<subscript>2,52</subscript> = 2.26, p = 0.12) or across timepoints (post-application vs post-exercise) (flexed position: F<subscript>1,26</subscript> = 0.94, p = 0.34; extended position: F<subscript>1,26</subscript> = 0.79, p = 0.38). Seven participants (26%) increased pain-free grip strength above the minimal detectable change following application of multidirectional elastic tape. There were no statistically significant differences in pressure pain threshold between conditions (affected lateral epicondyle: F<subscript>1.51,39.17</subscript> = 0.54, p = 0.54) or across timepoints (affected lateral epicondyle: F<subscript>1,26</subscript> = 0.94, p = 0.34). Conclusion: Tensioned multidirectional elastic tape may not immediately improve pain-free grip strength or pressure pain threshold in our lateral elbow tendinopathy population; however, individual variation may exist. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ELBOW physiology
TENNIS elbow treatment
TENDINOPATHY
GRIP strength
STATISTICS
ANALYSIS of variance
CONFIDENCE intervals
TAPING & strapping
ELBOW pain
TREATMENT effectiveness
RANDOMIZED controlled trials
PRE-tests & post-tests
PAIN threshold
REPEATED measures design
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
SOUND recordings
INTRACLASS correlation
CHI-squared test
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
CROSSOVER trials
BIOMECHANICS
DATA analysis software
DATA analysis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02692155
- Volume :
- 37
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Clinical Rehabilitation
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 164484964
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/02692155231152817