Common taping and bracing techniques for ankle, wrist, and shoulder injuries, including purpose and basic application principles.
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- What are the three general purposes of athletic taping?
- To support an injured structure, restrict undesired joint motion, and provide proprioceptive feedback
- What is the purpose of applying anchor strips at the start of a taping procedure?
- To create a stable base for subsequent tape strips to attach to
- What is the name of the common ankle taping technique that combines anchors, stirrups, and horizontal strips to limit inversion and eversion?
- The closed basket weave technique
- What component of ankle taping runs vertically from anchor to anchor along the medial and lateral malleoli to resist inversion or eversion?
- Stirrup strips
- What ankle taping component wraps under the heel and up around the ankle to reinforce stability and limit inversion?
- A heel lock
- What taping pattern, shaped like the number 8, is commonly used to support the ankle joint and limit plantarflexion?
- A figure-8 strip
- What is the purpose of applying underwrap before taping an ankle?
- To protect the skin from tape adhesive irritation while still allowing the tape to adhere reasonably well over it
- What product is commonly sprayed or applied to the skin to increase tape adhesion before an ankle taping?
- Tape adherent or tincture of benzoin
- What is a common adverse skin reaction that can occur from repeated athletic tape application?
- Contact dermatitis or an allergic reaction to the adhesive
- What taping technique is commonly used to limit excessive elbow extension, such as after a hyperextension injury?
- A check-rein (hyperextension block) taping technique
- What taping technique supports the thumb and limits excessive abduction, commonly used for an ulnar collateral ligament sprain (skier's thumb)?
- A thumb spica taping technique
- What simple technique is used to protect an injured finger by securing it to an adjacent, uninjured finger?
- Buddy taping
- What taping technique uses tape applied to the patella to help correct its tracking alignment, commonly for patellofemoral pain?
- McConnell taping
- What is the main claimed mechanism of kinesiology tape, as distinct from traditional rigid athletic tape?
- It is elastic and intended to support muscle function and circulation while allowing a fuller range of motion, providing sensory feedback rather than rigid restriction
- What taping technique is commonly used for turf toe to limit excessive great toe hyperextension?
- A taping strip across the plantar surface of the first metatarsophalangeal joint to restrict extension
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