TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of Kinesio taping on electromyographic activity of leg muscles during gait in children with developmental coordination disorder
T2 - A randomized controlled trial
AU - Yam, Timothy Tsz Ting
AU - Wong, Man Sang
AU - Fong, Shirley Siu Ming
AU - Lee, Myeong Soo
PY - 2019/2/1
Y1 - 2019/2/1
N2 - Objective:This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of Kinesio tape (KT) on lower limb muscle activation pattern in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) during walking.Design:A parallel-group randomized controlled trial.Setting:University laboratory setting.Participants:Twenty-five children with DCD were randomly allocated to the KT group (mean age=7.97 years) and 24 to the control group (mean age=8.04 years).Intervention:KT group received KT application to the quadriceps and gastrocnemius muscles whereas the control group received no intervention.Measurements:Peak muscle activation (in percentage of maximal voluntary isometric contraction [%MVIC]) in the lower limbs during gait was measured by means of surface electromyography, electrogoniometry, and foot contact switches.Results:Gastrocnemius medialis activation during mid stance (23.46%MVIC, 95% CI=-32.53, -14.39) and late stance phases (3.25%MVIC, 95% CI=-5.67, -0.81) of gait increased after the application of KT in the KT group compared to baseline values. The KT group demonstrated 26.87%MVIC (95% CI=26.87, 7.11) higher gastrocnemius medialis muscle peak activation during mid stance phase at post-test when compared with the control group. Moreover, gastrocnemius medialis and biceps femoris muscle peak activation during loading response decreased by 8.36%MVIC (95% CI=2.71, 14.02) and 3.54%MVIC (95% CI=1.08, 6.01), respectively, in the control group overtime.Conclusions:The application of KT on children with DCD had an increased gastrocnemius medialis muscle activation during stance phase. KT could be incorporated into gait re-education programmes to facilitate muscle contraction in these children.
AB - Objective:This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of Kinesio tape (KT) on lower limb muscle activation pattern in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) during walking.Design:A parallel-group randomized controlled trial.Setting:University laboratory setting.Participants:Twenty-five children with DCD were randomly allocated to the KT group (mean age=7.97 years) and 24 to the control group (mean age=8.04 years).Intervention:KT group received KT application to the quadriceps and gastrocnemius muscles whereas the control group received no intervention.Measurements:Peak muscle activation (in percentage of maximal voluntary isometric contraction [%MVIC]) in the lower limbs during gait was measured by means of surface electromyography, electrogoniometry, and foot contact switches.Results:Gastrocnemius medialis activation during mid stance (23.46%MVIC, 95% CI=-32.53, -14.39) and late stance phases (3.25%MVIC, 95% CI=-5.67, -0.81) of gait increased after the application of KT in the KT group compared to baseline values. The KT group demonstrated 26.87%MVIC (95% CI=26.87, 7.11) higher gastrocnemius medialis muscle peak activation during mid stance phase at post-test when compared with the control group. Moreover, gastrocnemius medialis and biceps femoris muscle peak activation during loading response decreased by 8.36%MVIC (95% CI=2.71, 14.02) and 3.54%MVIC (95% CI=1.08, 6.01), respectively, in the control group overtime.Conclusions:The application of KT on children with DCD had an increased gastrocnemius medialis muscle activation during stance phase. KT could be incorporated into gait re-education programmes to facilitate muscle contraction in these children.
KW - developmental disabilities
KW - electromyography
KW - Kinesio tape
KW - kinetics
KW - rehabilitation
KW - walking
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U2 - 10.1097/MD.0000000000014423
DO - 10.1097/MD.0000000000014423
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 30732198
AN - SCOPUS:85061231269
VL - 98
JO - Medicine; analytical reviews of general medicine, neurology, psychiatry, dermatology, and pediatries
JF - Medicine; analytical reviews of general medicine, neurology, psychiatry, dermatology, and pediatries
SN - 0025-7974
IS - 6
M1 - e14423
ER -