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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2191</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>IMMEDIATE EFFECTS OF PROPHYLACTIC KNEE TAPING AND BRACING ON PROPRIOCEPTION AND&#13;
DYNAMIC BALANCE IN ASYMPTOMATIC AMATEUR ATHLETES- A RANDOMIZED CROSS-OVER TRIAL&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Sharma</surname><given-names>Sandhya</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>C.P</surname><given-names>Zulfeequer</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>sekar</surname><given-names>S. Raja</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><volume/><issue/><fpage>12</fpage><lpage>21</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Purpose of the study: To compare the immediate effects of prophylactic taping and bracing on&#13;
proprioception and dynamic balance on asymptomatic knee in amateur athletes.&#13;
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Methods: 36 subjects of both sexes (mean age group was 22.3 + 1.8) were included in the&#13;
study. Inclusion criteria were minimum proprioceptive degree error: 30 using universal&#13;
goniometer, full and free range of motion of lower extremity. They were randomized into two&#13;
groups, group A and group B using block randomization, with 18 subjects in each group. Their&#13;
proprioception (universal goniometer) and dynamic balance (SEBT) were assessed in both the&#13;
knees, and the values were noted by the observer. The subjects underwent, either taping or&#13;
bracing in both the knees and their proprioception and dynamic balance were assessed again.&#13;
Followed by 24hrs of rest, cross-over of subjects to other technique were performed.&#13;
Results: The result showed that there is significant improvement in both proprioception and&#13;
dynamic balance with taping and bracing. Application of tape and brace on right knee showed a&#13;
significant reduction in proprioceptive error. The amount of decrease in error was 3.940 + 1.70&#13;
and 50 + 1.90 with bracing and taping respectively. The same when analyzed for left side the&#13;
error significantly reduced to 3.920 + 1.70 with bracing and 4.890 + 1.50 with taping. Tape and&#13;
brace have shown equal effect on proprioception. With taping and bracing there is statistically&#13;
significant increase in dynamic balance (p</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Taping</kwd><kwd> Bracing</kwd><kwd> Dynamic Balance</kwd><kwd> Proprioception</kwd><kwd> SEBT.</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
