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