TY - JOUR
T1 - Does ankle tape improve proprioception acuity immediately after application and following a netball session? A randomised controlled trial
AU - Smyth, Erin
AU - Waddington, Gordon
AU - Witchalls, Jeremy
AU - Newman, Phillip
AU - Weissensteiner, Juanita
AU - Hughes, Steven
AU - Niyonsenga, Theo
AU - Drew, Michael
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by a joint Australian Institute of Sport and University of Canberra scholarship awarded to author ES for support during her PhD.
PY - 2021/3
Y1 - 2021/3
N2 - Objectives: To assess whether ankle tape applied by a Sport and Exercise Physiotherapist (SEP) or self-applied by the athlete results in a change in proprioception and whether it is maintained during a netball session. Design: Randomised controlled trial. Setting: Australian Institute of Sport. Participants: 53 pre-elite netball athletes. Main outcome measures: Athlete proprioception was assessed using the Active Movement Extent Discrimination Apparatus (AMEDA) on four occasions for each taping condition: 1) pre-tape, 2) post-tape, 3) post-netball & 4) post-netball no-tape. Results: Mixed effect linear models were used for analysis. A significant increase in proprioception was observed when self-tape: 0.022 (95% CI: [-0.000 – 0.044], p = 0.05), and SEP tape: 0.034 (95% CI: [0.012–0.055], p < 0.01), were initially applied. These improvements were maintained during a netball session for both, self-taping: 0.01 (95% CI: [-0.01 – 0.02], p = 0.45) and SEP-taping: <0.01 (95% CI: [-0.02 – 0.01], p = 0.56). Results also indicate there was no significant difference between taping conditions (β = −0.001, 95% CI: [-0.02 – 0.02], p = 0.90). Conclusions: Proprioception improves and is maintained during a netball session with either SEP or self-applied taping.
AB - Objectives: To assess whether ankle tape applied by a Sport and Exercise Physiotherapist (SEP) or self-applied by the athlete results in a change in proprioception and whether it is maintained during a netball session. Design: Randomised controlled trial. Setting: Australian Institute of Sport. Participants: 53 pre-elite netball athletes. Main outcome measures: Athlete proprioception was assessed using the Active Movement Extent Discrimination Apparatus (AMEDA) on four occasions for each taping condition: 1) pre-tape, 2) post-tape, 3) post-netball & 4) post-netball no-tape. Results: Mixed effect linear models were used for analysis. A significant increase in proprioception was observed when self-tape: 0.022 (95% CI: [-0.000 – 0.044], p = 0.05), and SEP tape: 0.034 (95% CI: [0.012–0.055], p < 0.01), were initially applied. These improvements were maintained during a netball session for both, self-taping: 0.01 (95% CI: [-0.01 – 0.02], p = 0.45) and SEP-taping: <0.01 (95% CI: [-0.02 – 0.01], p = 0.56). Results also indicate there was no significant difference between taping conditions (β = −0.001, 95% CI: [-0.02 – 0.02], p = 0.90). Conclusions: Proprioception improves and is maintained during a netball session with either SEP or self-applied taping.
KW - Ankle
KW - Proprioception
KW - Tape
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ptsp.2020.12.010
DO - 10.1016/j.ptsp.2020.12.010
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85097869000
VL - 48
SP - 20
EP - 25
JO - Physical Therapy in Sport
JF - Physical Therapy in Sport
SN - 1466-853X
ER -