Research Article
Comparison of Weight Bearing Exercises with and Without Kinesiotape in Chronic Ankle Sprain in Soccer Players
Author(s):
Zumah Saeed, Eiza Sajid, Muzna Munir*, Hamid Ali and Zohra Zafar
Background: Ankle sprains are one of the most common sports injuries. Awareness of position of foot being inadequate is considered to be a basic cause of these sports injuries of ankle. Ankle taping is supposed to lessen the risk of having injury by making improvements in awareness of foot position.
Objective: Comparison of weight bearing exercises with and without kinesiotape in ankle pain in soccer players.
Material and Methods: RCT was done on 16 ankle sprain patients randomized into 2 groups (8 in each group). Group 1 was treated with weight bearing exercises with kinesio taping and group 2 with only weight bearing exercises. Data collected by the convenient sampling technique from LDA sports complex by using questioner of visual analogue scale, Foot and ankle outcome Score and SF-36 questionnaire for both grou.. Read More»
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