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Clinical Rehabilitation, Vol. 16, No. 8, 821-827 (2002)
DOI: 10.1191/0269215502cr563oa

The effects of patellar taping on pain and neuromuscular performance in subjects with patellofemoral pain syndrome

Gabriel YF Ng

Jenny MF Cheng

Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Objective: To examine the immediate effects of patellar taping on pain and relative activity of vastus medialis obliquus to vastus lateralis in subjects with patellofemoral pain and patellofemoral joint malalignment.

Design: Pre-and post-treatment design, with order of testing determined randomly.

Setting: Outpatient physiotherapy department.

Subjects: Fifteen subjects with patellofemoral joint pain and malalignment.

Interventions: With and without patellar taping with a standard force of application.

Main outcome measures: Pain and surface EMG activity ratio of vastus medialis obliquus to vastus lateralis during single-legged semi-squat with 20% of extra body weight loading.

Results: There was a significant decrease in anterior knee pain (p < 0.001) and vastus medialis obliquus to vastus lateralis activity ratio (p = 0.05) during single-legged standing after patellar taping.

Conclusions: Patellar taping can reduce pain in people with patellofemoral pain syndrome and patellofemoral malalignment but it decreases the relative activity of vastus medialis obliquus to vastus lateralis. Such a decrease in relative activity of vastus medialis obliquus after taping implies that it may not be suitable to combine patellar taping with vastus medialis obliquus facilitative exercise training.


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