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Effects of multidirectional elastic tape on pain and function in individuals with lateral elbow tendinopathy: A randomised crossover trial
Clinical Rehabilitation, Vol.37(8), pp.1041-1051
2023
PMID: 36727206
Abstract
To investigate the effects of multidirectional elastic tape on pain and function in individuals with lateral elbow tendinopathy.
Randomised crossover trial.
Biomechanics laboratory.
27 participants (11 females, mean (SD) age: 48.6 (11.9) years) with clinically diagnosed lateral elbow tendinopathy of at least six weeks' duration.
Tensioned multidirectional elastic tape applied over the wrist, compared to control tape (untensioned), and no tape conditions.
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.
There were no statistically significant differences in pain-free grip strength between conditions (flexed position: F
= 0.02,
= 0.98; extended position: F
= 2.26,
= 0.12) or across timepoints (post-application vs post-exercise) (flexed position: F
= 0.94,
= 0.34; extended position: F
= 0.79,
= 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
= 0.54,
= 0.54) or across timepoints (affected lateral epicondyle: F
= 0.94,
= 0.34).
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.
Details
- Title
- Effects of multidirectional elastic tape on pain and function in individuals with lateral elbow tendinopathy: A randomised crossover trial
- Authors
- Caitlin E Hill - Central Queensland UniversityLuke J Heales - Central Queensland UniversityRobert Stanton - Central Queensland UniversityCrystal O Kean (Corresponding Author) - Central Queensland University
- Publication details
- Clinical Rehabilitation, Vol.37(8), pp.1041-1051
- Publisher
- Sage Publications Ltd.
- Date published
- 2023
- DOI
- 10.1177/02692155231152817
- ISSN
- 1477-0873; 0269-2155
- PMID
- 36727206
- Copyright note
- © The Author(s) 2023. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health - Sports & Exercise Science
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991047398702621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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