Table 3. Comparison of hip, knee and ankle joint at the maximum knee flexion angle with and without posterior X taping.
Joint |
Motion |
No tapea (°) |
Tapea (°) |
Mean differencesa (95% CI) |
F |
p |
Hip |
Flexion |
50.90 ± 11.00 |
49.44±10.00 |
1.46±7.85 (-2.3 to 5.64) |
.74 |
.47 |
Adduction |
11.55 ± 6.16 |
10.66±6.10 |
.90±3.97 (-1.22 to 3.01) |
.90 |
.38 |
Internal rotation |
8.12±7.69 |
5.34±8.72 |
2.78±6.05 (-.45 to 6.00) |
1.84 |
.09 |
Knee |
Flexion |
83.87±7.43 |
84.84±6.10 |
-.97±6.49 (-4.43 to 2.49) |
-.60 |
.56 |
Adduction |
9.59±6.05 |
7.27±7.92 |
2.32±6.78 (-1.29 to 5.93) |
1.37 |
.19 |
Internal rotation |
3.15±4.58 |
4.64±5.95 |
-1.49±4.88 (-4.09 to 1.11) |
-1.22 |
.24 |
Ankle |
Dorsiflexion |
114.59±7.36 |
114.09±7.67 |
.50±3.95 (-1.60 to 2.61) |
.51 |
.62 |
Inversion |
-18.62±8.42 |
-18.47±6.38 |
-.15±4.94 (-2.78 to 2.49) |
-.12 |
.91 |
Internal rotation |
-7.62±4.19 |
-8.23±3.92 |
.61±3.88 (-1.46 to 2.68) |
.63 |
.54 |
a Mean±standard deviation