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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">3452</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url">http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2021.13531</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>The Effect of Superimposed Effect of Proprioceptive Sensory Stimulation Taping (Elastic Taping) and PNF on Function Improvement and Stiffness Reduction in Neurological Injury&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Lee</surname><given-names>Jung-Ho</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Jeon</surname><given-names>Yong-Jin</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>3</day><month>03</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>132</fpage><lpage>140</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>Introduction: Stroke and subsequent neurological damage negatively impacts patients and their families. Most prominent manifestation of stroke if loss of sensory and motor capacities of patients. Objective: This study aims to determine the effect of elastic taping applied to the upper extremities before applying the proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) upper extremity pattern on the rehabilitation of upper extremity functions of stroke patients. Methods: The study groups (n=28) were divided using the random selection method into an experimental group consisting of 14 patients who applied taping before the treatment of PNF upper extremity pattern and a control group consisting of 14 patients who did not apply taping before the treatment of PNF upper extremity pattern. The PNF pattern used upper extremity D2 flexion, D1 flexion, D2 extension, D1 extension, and chopping patterns, and the elastic taping on the upper extremities, all of which were applied to the deltoid, supraspinatus, infraspinatus, pectoralis major, triceps brachii, and wrist extensor. To evaluate the improvement of the upper extremity functions after the intervention, the Korean Version of Modified Barthel Index (K-MBI), the Korean version of Fugl-Meyer assessment, and the Action Research Arm Test were used. Results: The study analysis results showed that there was a significant difference in the assessment results within groups as well as between groups. Conclusion: The PNF and elastic taping treatment applied to patients with stroke have positively improved the upper extremity functions due to the synergistic effect between two interventions.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd> Rehabilitation</kwd><kwd> Nervous System</kwd><kwd> PNF</kwd><kwd> Taping</kwd><kwd> Function</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
