1327:. The tape "may have a small beneficial role in improving strength, range of motion in certain injured cohorts, and force sense error compared with other elastic tapes, but further studies are needed to confirm these findings". The same article concluded: "KT had some substantial effects on muscle activity, but it was unclear whether these changes were beneficial or harmful. In conclusion, there was little quality evidence to support the use of KT over other types of elastic taping in the management or prevention of sports injuries"
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reports that kinesio tape is claimed to be good for a plethora of issues including "pain management, injury treatment, injury prevention, enhanced performance, increased range of motion, and just about anything else an athlete might want." He concludes: "It sounds like a miracle — one simple product that does everything you can imagine. In short, a textbook
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The claims made by manufacturers and promoters of the tape are highly implausible, particularly those involving increased muscle strength, improved blood flow to an injured areas, and better lymphatic drainage to reduce swelling. No evidence supports these claims. Pain reduction and injury prevention
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Designed to mimic human skin, with roughly the same thickness and elastic properties, the tape can be stretched 30–40% longitudinally. It is a latex-free material with acrylic adhesive, which is heat activated. The cotton fibers allow for evaporation and quicker drying leading to longer wear time, up
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In 2017, KT Health settled a class action lawsuit in
Massachusetts, resolving claims of unjust enrichment and untrue and misleading marketing. It agreed to pay $ 1.75 million to refund half the purchase price of the tape, representing the premium paid above traditional athletic tape. The brand also
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quality of studies, along with overall population effect, and suggested that studies of lower methodological quality are more likely to report beneficial effects of elastic therapeutic taping, thus indicating the perceived effect of using kinesio taping is not real. It also suggested that applying
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reports in "Kinesio Tape: The
Evidence" that positive studies of the tape are the result of people being deceived by a "stage magician's trick" – which he describes in detail – that is used to fool subjects into thinking strength or flexibility is being affected, when they are not. He
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Lim EC, Tay MG (2015). "Kinesio taping in musculoskeletal pain and disability that lasts for more than 4 weeks: is it time to peel off the tape and throw it out with the sweat? A systematic review with meta-analysis focused on pain and also methods of tape application".
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speculated on why he had not seen "a single athlete, pro beach volleyball players included, wear
Kinesio Tape outside of the Olympics". He believes that "sponsorship dollars may be entirely responsible for the popularity of Kinesio Tape during televised events."
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The product is a type of thin, elastic cotton tape that can stretch up to 140% of its original length. As a result, if the tape is applied stretched greater than its normal length, it will "recoil" after being applied and therefore create a pulling force on the
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Nothing mattered. Tape color didn't matter. Color preference didn't matter. "Proper" placement of KT with tension didn't matter. No effect on performance, strength, or function was found in any experimental round compared to the control round for any of the
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journal in
February, researchers found 'little quality evidence to support the use of Kinesio tape over other types of elastic taping in the management or prevention of sports injuries". Some researchers claim that what athletes are experiencing is just a
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are also frequently-cited benefits that similarly lack evidence, at least none showing an effect specific to kinesio tape... There is no evidence of a specific benefit related to kinesio tape itself, or to any kind of expert application of it.
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in the article "Olympic
Pseudoscience'", examined the use of KT in the larger context of "sports-related pseudoscience". Novella says "The world of sports competition is rife with pseudoscience, false claims, dubious products,
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to 4 days. How the tape is claimed to affect the body is dependent on the location and how it is applied; the stretch direction, the shape, and the location all supposedly play a role in the tape's hypothetical function.
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which examines the effectiveness of different colors of kinesiology tape, as well as reexamining general effectiveness of kinesiology tape against a placebo. Describing the conclusions of the study, they write:
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pain, research suggests that elastic taping may help relieve pain, but not more than other treatment approaches, and no evidence indicates that it can reduce disability in chronic pain cases.
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agreed to drop claims that the tape "will keep you pain-free", "prevents injury", or provides "24-hour pain relief", and add the disclaimer "not clinicially proven for all injuries".
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Thelen MD, Dauber JA, Stoneman PD (July 2008). "The clinical efficacy of kinesio tape for shoulder pain: a randomized, double-blinded, clinical trial".
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Bassett K, Lingman S, Ellis R (2010). "The use and treatment efficacy of kinaesthetic taping for musculoskeletal conditions: A systematic review".
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that is purported to ease pain and disability from athletic injuries and a variety of other physical disorders. In individuals with chronic
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which transports white blood cells throughout the body and removes waste products, cellular debris, and bacteria". This increase in the
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Cai, C.; Au, I. P. H.; An, W.; Cheung, R. T. H. (1 February 2016).
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and can also be left on for long periods before reapplication.
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1716:"Olympics-Scientists sceptical as athletes get all taped up"
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A Miscellany of Medical Malarkey Episode 3: The Revengening
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3183:Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science
1902:"The Dubious Science of Kinesiology Tape"
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1747:Parker-Pope, Tara (19 August 2008).
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1307:In August 2012, science journalist
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3196:James Randi Educational Foundation
1784:from the original on 12 March 2018
1692:from the original on 13 March 2018
1656:from the original on 12 March 2018
1605:British Journal of Sports Medicine
1538:Macniak, Kamil (14 October 2014).
1491:Wade, Alison (10 September 2014).
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243:Chiropractic treatment techniques
2593:Strauss–Howe generational theory
2571:Moon landing conspiracy theories
2368:Electromagnetic hypersensitivity
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2050:Jones, Clay (16 November 2018).
1965:10.2165/11594960-000000000-00000
1169:Kenzo Kase, a Japanese-American
1046:Electromagnetic hypersensitivity
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3221:The Natural History of Quackery
3163:Committee for Skeptical Inquiry
1517:American City Business Journals
1330:A 2014 meta analysis looked at
82:Alternative veterinary medicine
1568:"The Basics of Kinesio Taping"
705:Water fluoridation controversy
661:Big Pharma conspiracy theories
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1900:Paul Ingraham (24 May 2021).
1566:Poertner, Gina (March 2013).
1076:Wilson's temperature syndrome
1061:Multiple chemical sensitivity
188:Biological terrain assessment
3228:The Psychology of the Occult
2483:Traditional Chinese medicine
2358:Doktor Koster's Antigaspills
2215:Superseded scientific theory
1774:"Kinesio Tape: The Evidence"
1736:. ABQ Journal. 25 July 2012.
1680:Jones, Clay (9 March 2018).
1617:10.1136/bjsports-2014-094151
1355:. The article reports that:
1325:clinically important results
1178:2008 Beijing Summer Olympics
1125:kinesiology therapeutic tape
2839:Electronic voice phenomenon
2696:Myers–Briggs Type Indicator
2556:Chemtrail conspiracy theory
2029:10.1016/j.jsams.2014.06.014
1734:"Taping America's athletes"
1459:10.1016/j.jsams.2015.01.010
1387:Deceptive marketing lawsuit
1266:, to improve overall joint
1182:2012 London Summer Olympics
1157:, with some declaring it a
737:Alternative medical systems
366:Fabunan Antiviral Injection
132:Fringe medicine and science
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3235:The Ragged Edge of Science
2966:Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff
2909:Pseudoscientific metrology
2433:Miracle Mineral Supplement
1688:. Science-Based Medicine.
1652:. Science-Based Medicine.
747:Biologically based therapy
307:Dental amalgam controversy
2849:Facilitated communication
2131:
1808:J Orthop Sports Phys Ther
371:Facilitated communication
3249:The Skeptic's Dictionary
2807:Biological transmutation
2727:Faster-than-light travel
2701:Enneagram of Personality
2667:Recovered-memory therapy
2551:9/11 conspiracy theories
1686:ScienceBasedMedicine.org
1650:Sciencebasedmedicine.org
1117:Elastic therapeutic tape
1036:Candida hypersensitivity
218:Fake COVID-19 treatments
32:This article is part of
3214:The Demon-Haunted World
3132:Bourgeois pseudoscience
2566:COVID-19 misinformation
2505:Young blood transfusion
2276:Anthroposophic medicine
1820:10.2519/jospt.2008.2791
1646:"Olympic Pseudoscience"
710:COVID-19 misinformation
638:Young blood transfusion
518:Orthomolecular medicine
483:Mind–body interventions
153:Anthroposophic medicine
93:Rise of modern medicine
3046:Corentin Louis Kervran
2914:Rapid prompting method
2802:Biodynamic agriculture
2792:Aquatic ape hypothesis
2650:Historical negationism
2353:Doctrine of signatures
2220:True-believer syndrome
2057:Science Based Medicine
1847:Int J Sports Phys Ther
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1367:Science-Based Medicine
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1348:Science-Based Medicine
1296:Science-Based Medicine
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742:Mind–body intervention
693:MMR vaccine and autism
683:Vaccine misinformation
578:Rapid prompting method
26:
3051:The Light (newspaper)
3036:William Donald Kelley
2929:Voice stress analysis
2561:Climate change denial
2500:Wind turbine syndrome
2495:Vertebral subluxation
2388:Germ theory denialism
1417:Self-adhering bandage
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1071:Vertebral subluxation
1020:Alternative diagnoses
608:Thought Field Therapy
248:Vertebral subluxation
24:
3276:Alternative medicine
3041:Robert F. Kennedy Jr
3001:Ignatius L. Donnelly
2672:Past life regression
2531:Arabian Judah theory
2478:Traditional medicine
2271:Alternative medicine
2200:Pathological science
2090:at Wikimedia Commons
1041:Chronic Lyme disease
770:Traditional medicine
752:Manipulative methods
553:Postural Integration
416:Bach flower remedies
292:Craniosacral therapy
120:Therapeutic nihilism
65:Alternative medicine
42:Alternative medicine
3137:Demarcation problem
2971:Brigitte Boisselier
2600:Hollow Earth theory
2583:Generational theory
2281:Applied kinesiology
1926:National Law Review
1220:white athletic tape
688:Vaccines and autism
678:Anti-vaccinationism
671:OPV AIDS hypothesis
473:Megavitamin therapy
386:Functional medicine
163:Applied kinesiology
59:General information
3207:Skeptical Inquirer
3106:Paul Joseph Watson
3081:Hans Alfred Nieper
2919:Statement analysis
2869:Intelligent design
2744:Reactionless drive
2578:Conversion therapy
2526:Ancient astronauts
2413:Leaky gut syndrome
2393:HIV/AIDS denialism
2148:Cargo cult science
1904:. PainScience.com.
1780:. Skeptoid Media.
1772:(13 August 2012).
1578:on 26 October 2018
1364:In November 2018,
1256:interstitial space
1211:
1056:Leaky gut syndrome
1031:Aerotoxic syndrome
968:Prophetic medicine
666:HIV/AIDS denialism
493:Myofascial release
401:Holistic dentistry
381:Feldenkrais Method
361:Estrogen dominance
287:Conversion therapy
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3169:Cults of Unreason
3142:Scientific method
3071:Ministry of Ayush
3016:Nicholas Gonzalez
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2879:Law of attraction
2859:Flat Earth theory
2739:Quantum mysticism
2679:Scientific racism
2635:Pseudoarchaeology
2541:Conspiracy theory
2239:characterized as
2183:Pseudomathematics
2173:Pseudoarchaeology
2086:Media related to
1611:(24): 1558–1566.
1314:snake oil product
1190:Misty May-Treanor
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841:Chinese herbology
598:Scientific racism
563:Psychodermatology
468:Medical intuitive
448:Lightning Process
406:Hologram bracelet
354:Therapeutic touch
255:Christian Science
228:Cancer treatments
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3111:Andrew Wakefield
2812:Creation science
2771:Water-fueled car
2733:Perpetual motion
2655:Holocaust denial
2625:Nibiru cataclysm
2620:Nazi archaeology
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1402:Athletic taping
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1340:musculoskeletal
1279:Sports Medicine
1252:lymphatic fluid
1232:
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568:Quantum healing
558:Psychic surgery
433:Ionized jewelry
396:Herbal medicine
344:Esoteric energy
334:Energy medicine
302:Cupping therapy
297:Crystal healing
270:Colon cleansing
208:Bowen technique
178:Auriculotherapy
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1302:superstitions
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