The effect of leg kinesio taping on plantar pressure variables, balance and proprioception in athletes with shin splint

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of leg kinesio taping on plantar pressure variables, balance and proprioception in athletes with shin splint.

Clinical trial with placebo control group, with arallel groups, single blinded, randomized

The tests will be carried out by the specialists at the Sport Rehabilitation Laboratory of Bu-Ali Sina University in Hamadan, and then interventions will take place in the gym. During the testing, the participant will be unaware of the main purpose of the research.

The inclusion criteria included: Having exercise-induced pain in the leg on the posteromedial tibia border, Pain on palpation of the posteromedial tibia for at least five centimeters, and exclusion criteria including: History of fractures and lower limb surgery during the last six months, Participate in leg rehabilitation programs over the past six months.

"Intervention group": kinesio taping group (kinesio tape with violet color ATEX brand made in South Korea) will be applied to the muscles of the tibialis anterior with %75 tension for 24 hours, then plantar pressure, balance and ankle proprioception will be measured before, immediately and one day after the kinesio taping. "Control Placebo group": control placebo group (kinesio tape with yellow color ATEX brand made in South Korea) intervention as the first intervention group but without tension will be applied to the muscles of the tibialis anterior for 24 hours, then plantar pressure, balance and ankle Proprioception will be measured before, immediately and one day after the kinesio taping. therefore, the first group really applied kinesiotape and the second group will be applied as placebo kinesiotape.

Disorder in plantar pressure distribution, balance and ankle proprioception.

Randomization was done by simple method and by lottery. The participant randomly selected one of the two envelopes with the words "intervention" and "placebo control" that will receive the intervention of the same group.

Patients will not know in which group will they be placed because in both groups the kinesiotape will be glued to the same area of the leg and in both groups, the size of the attached tape was the same .the only difference between the two group was that in the kinesiotape group was taped by the Kinesiotape with tension, while the placebo group was taped with Kinesiotape but with-out any tension and patients did not notic any difference in kinesiotaping tension.