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