Correlations between measurement time and different expansibility of the elastic tape on the rectus femoris and body sway index with plyometric exercise.
Jung-Gyu Yoon
PMID 29410564WHAT IT FOUND
The amount of tape stretch during plyometric exercise did not track body sway.
Measurement time did: sway path, sway area and sway speed were lower 24 hours after the tape was removed than before exercise or right after it.
Key findings
01Tape stretch level was not related to body sway index.
02Trace length, C90 area and sway velocity were related to measurement time.
03At 24 hours after removing tape, trace length, C90 area and sway velocity were lower than before and right after plyometric exercise.
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What it does not show
Only 24 healthy men in their 20s were studied, so the results cannot be safely generalized to other age groups. The participants had no musculoskeletal, nervous or cardiovascular problems, so it says nothing about patients with those conditions. Balance was measured without the tape on, so the findings may not describe sway while the tape is applied.
Declared interests
Funding for this paper was provided by Namseoul University.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that a particular tape stretch during plyometric exercise improves balance. The study did not find a relationship between tape stretch and body sway index. The sway changes were related to measurement time, not tape stretch.