Monografia (especialização)
Efeitos das bandagens terapêuticas nas desordens do joelho: uma revisão de literatura
Fecha
2011-12-02Autor
Lucas Eduardo Antunes Bicalho
Institución
Resumen
Changes in the biomechanics of the knee joint can influence the function of the lower limbs
leading to limiting symptoms. Several interventions have been proposed for physical therapy
to minimize the effects of these changes and various techniques of therapeutic taping have
been applied to it. The use of taping in knees was initially proposed for the treatment of
patellofemoral pain and is now widespread, especially in the care of athletes. Nevertheless,
the effects of these techniques and the mechanisms of action are not yet established. Thus, the
objective of this study was investigate the therapeutic effects of taping in the main disorders
of the knee in order to guide clinical practice and future studies. A literature review was
performed through the electronic search of articles indexed in the databases CINAHL,
SPORTDiscus, PubMed and Scielo databases using the words 'knee taping' and 'Kinesio
taping’. The rigid patellar taping showed reducing pain effect in individuals with
patellofemoral syndrome and osteoarthritis and also improves biomechanical changes in
individuals with patellofemoral syndrome. However, there are conflicting results about its
effects in the temporal characteristics of activation of vastus medialis oblique (VMO) and
vastus lateralis (VL), patellar alignment and joint proprioception. The neuromuscular taping
(or elastic tape) is still poorly studied (only three studies), but showed a positive effect on the
bioelectric activity of the VMO muscle and the maintenance of effects for more than 48 hours
after the removal. The therapeutic taping proves to be a very useful technique for clinical
practice. However, there are several application techniques and few of them had their effects
and mechanisms described in the literature.