%0 Journal Article
%T Effects of Ankle Taping on Single and Double Leg Balance
%A Adam C. Knight
%A Wendi H. Weimar
%J Sport Science Review
%@ 2069-7244
%D 2010
%I 
%R 10.2478/v10237-011-0001-3
%X Ankle sprains are a common injury and athletic tape is often applied to help prevent this injury, however, the effects of ankle taping on balance are relatively unclear. Additionally, the dominant and non-dominant legs often have different demands placed upon them and may yield different balance scores. Twenty five healthy participants (18 female, 7 male; age=20.5¡À1.19 years; mass=69.24¡À12.72 kg; height=1.69¡À.087 m) completed double and single leg balance assessments with the eyes open and eyes closed under three ankle support conditions: no ankle tape, PowerTape , and Coach  Tape, on the Neurocom Basic BalanceMaster . Balance assessments were completed before ankle taping (pre-test), immediately after ankle taping (acute-test), and after 20 minutes of walking (post-test). The sway velocity of the participants' center of gravity (deg/s) was the dependent variable. A significant three way interaction was found for the single leg, eyes closed assessment (P = .037), with increased sway velocity for the PowerTape  and Coach  tape condition. The non-dominant leg had significantly less sway velocity than the dominant leg for the eyes open condition (P < .001). These results indicate differing affects on balance for different types of athletic tape, and balance differences between the dominant and non-dominant leg, with the non-dominant leg presenting lower sway velocities.
%K ankle sprain
%K injury
%K athletic tape
%K balance
%K sway velocity
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