Affiliations: [a] Department of Nursing, College of Nursing and Health, Kongju National University, Gongju, Korea | [b] Sports and Health Care Major, College of Humanities and Arts, Korea National University of Transportation, Chungju-si, Korea
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Corresponding author: Wi-Young So, Sports and Health Care Major, College of Humanities and Arts, Korea National University of Transportation, 50 Daehak-ro, Chungju-si, Chungbuk 380-702, Korea. Tel.: +82 43 841 5993; Fax: +82 43 841 5990; E-mail:wowso@ut.ac.kr
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of kinesiotaping therapy on the pain and discomfort
associated with ankle sprains in Korean university students using a
pretest-posttest experimental design with a non-equivalent control group. METHOD: Kinesiotaping was applied once and maintained for three consecutive days
(N = 26). Control subjects had a salicylic acid component medicine patch
applied once a day, for three consecutive days (N = 27). Pain and
discomfort before application and at 10 minutes, 24 hours and 48 hours after
application were measured. RESULTS: There was a significant between-group difference at each time point after
application (p < 0.001), with lower pain and discomfort scores in the
kinesiotaping group. CONCLUSIONS: Kinesiotaping may be easily applied to rapidly improve the short-term pain
and discomfort associated with ankle sprains.
Keywords: Acute ankle sprain, discomfort, kinesiotaping therapy, pain, university students
