Neuromuscular taping does not change fibularis longus latency time and postural sway

• Author(s): Correia, Christophe ; Lopes, Susana ; Gonçalves, Rafael ; Torres, Rui ; Gonçalves, Pedro ; Rodrigues, Mário ; Costa, Rui ; Lopes, Mário ; Ribeiro, Fernando
• Date: 2014
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.22/19039
• Origin: Repositório Científico do Instituto Politécnico do Porto
• Subject(s): Latency time; Neuromuscular taping; Postural sway
• Document Type: Conference object
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): REPOSITÓRIO P.PORTO

Description

Ankle sprains are a common injury and fibularis longus plays an important role improving functional stability. Neuromuscular tape seems to improve muscle force, although little is known regarding its effect on latency time.