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This study investigated the effect of continual use of augmented low-Dye (ALD)
taping on neuromotor control of the lower limb during gait, as well as foot
posture and mobility. Twenty-eight females were randomly allocated to wear ALD
tape continuously or a no-tape control for a mean 12 + or - 2 days.
Electromyographic activity from 12 lower limb muscles, three-dimensional motion
at the ankle, knee, hip and pelvis (i.e., measures of neuromotor control) and
foot posture and mobility was measured before and after the tape or control
interventions. For the tape group, arch height ratio (=arch height/distance from
heel to first metatarsophalangeal joint line) was greater by 0.006 (95%
confidence interval: 0.0002-0.01, p = 0.04) following the intervention period,
whereas no change was observed for the control group (-0.003 (-0.01-0.004), p =
0.36). The difference between groups (0.009 (0.0004-0.02), p = 0.04) equated to a
0.16 cm increase in arch height for the tape group following continual use of ALD
tape. There was no change in neuromotor control of gait following continual use
of ALD taping (p > 0.05). Continual use of ALD tape for approximately 12 days
produced a small change in foot posture, but no alteration in neuromotor control.
Previous literature suggests that this increase in arch height is likely to be
clinically relevant and may be one factor that contributes to the known
efficiency of ALD tape in the treatment of lower extremity pain and injury.
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