Table 2 Effect of patellar taping on mean values of vertical ground reaction force parameters.
| Parameters |
Mean (SD) |
Sig. Dif. |
% Change |
| PT |
WPT |
| FT (s) |
.475 (.046) |
.474 (.056) |
n.s. |
.22 |
| F1 (BW) |
3.482 (.571) |
3.053 (.855) |
n.s. |
12.36 |
| F2 (BW) |
5.701 (1.994) |
5.386 (1.812) |
n.s. |
5.62 |
| T1 (s) |
.027 (.004) |
.026 (.002) |
n.s. |
3.71 |
| T2 (s) |
.053 (.022) |
.060 (.021) |
n.s. |
11.67 |
| LR1 (BW·s-1) |
117.932 (36.112) |
135.753 (29.953) |
n.s. |
13.12 |
| LR2 (BW·s-1) |
98.622 (84.245) |
112.143 (76.531) |
n.s. |
12.06 |
| TTS (s) |
.433 (.082) |
.435 (.083) |
n.s. |
4.61 |
Legend: PT: patellar taping, WPT: without patellar taping, sig. dif: significant difference, FT: flight time, F1: magnitude of first peak, F2: magnitude of second peak, T1: time to production of F1, T2: time to production of F2, LR1: loading rate of F1, LR2: loading rate of F2, TTS: time to stabilization, n.s.: not significant.
