Preliminary Evidence That Taping Does Not Optimize Joint Coupling of the Foot and Ankle Joints in Patients with Chronic Ankle Instability

Charles Deltour, Bart Dingenen, Filip Staes, Kevin Deschamps and Giovanni A. Matricali
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Charles Deltour: Department of Orthopaedics, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Bart Dingenen: Reval Rehabilitation Research Centre, Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, Hasselt University, 3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium
Filip Staes: Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Kevin Deschamps: Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
Giovanni A. Matricali: Department of Development and Regeneration, KU Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 4, 1-11

Abstract: Background: Foot–ankle motion is affected by chronic ankle instability (CAI) in terms of altered kinematics. This study focuses on multisegmental foot–ankle motion and joint coupling in barefoot and taped CAI patients during the three subphases of stance at running. Methods: Foot segmental motion data of 12 controls and 15 CAI participants during running with a heel strike pattern were collected through gait analysis. CAI participants performed running trials in three conditions: barefoot running, and running with high-dye and low-dye taping. Dependent variables were the range of motion (RoM) occurring at the different inter-segment angles as well as the cross-correlation coefficients between predetermined segments. Results: There were no significant RoM differences for barefoot running between CAI patients and controls. In taped conditions, the first two subphases only showed RoM changes at the midfoot without apparent RoM reduction compared to the barefoot CAI condition. In the last subphase there was limited RoM reduction at the mid- and rearfoot. Cross-correlation coefficients highlighted a tendency towards weaker joint coupling in the barefoot CAI condition compared to the controls. Joint coupling within the taped CAI conditions did not show optimization compared to the barefoot CAI condition. Conclusions: RoM was not significantly changed for barefoot running between CAI patients and controls. In taped conditions, there was no distinct tendency towards lower mean RoM values due to the mechanical restraints of taping. Joint coupling in CAI patients was not optimized by taping.

Keywords: chronic ankle instability; multisegment kinematics; running; taping; joint coupling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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