Table 3. Comparison of un-taped and taped ankle conditions for peak normalised activity mean (±standard deviation) [95% confidence intervals]) in the tibialis anterior (TA), peroneus longus (PL), peroneus brevis (PB), and soleus (SOL) for the right leg when it was either the inside or outside leg of a planned cut in the Y-shaped agility test in experienced basketball players (n = 20). % = normalised electromyography measured as a percentage; p = significance; d = effect size.
Inside Cut Leg Outside Cut Leg
Un-Taped (%) Taped (%) p d d Strength Un-Taped (%) Taped (%) p d d Strength
TA 70.43 (15.78)
[63.05-77.82]
74.74 (25.57)
[62.77-86.70]
.44 .20 Small 74.51 (15.60)
[67.20-81.81]
74.52 (24.69)
[62.97-86.08]
1.00 >.01 Small
PL 86.41 (43.69)
[65.96-106.86]
67.89 (33.78)
[52.08-83.70]
.08 .47 Large 81.53 (28.26)
[68.30-87.76]
70.37 (33.30)
[54.79-94.75]
.21 .36 Small
PB 90.33 (40.69)
[71.28-109.37]
110.11 (58.57)
[82.69-137.52]
.10 .39 Small 103.04 (49.60)
[79.83-126.26]
100.04 (55.15)
[74.23-125.85]
.76 .06 Small
SOL 101.61 (51.76)
[77.38-125.83]
111.47 (51.25)
[87.48-135.45]
.43 .19 Small 96.88 (37.28)
[79.43-114.32]
94.19 (43.35)
[73.90-114.48]
.80 .07 Small