Korean J Sports Med.  2012 Jun;30(1):9-15. 10.5763/kjsm.2012.30.1.9.

Immediate Clinical and Biomechanical Effects of Low-dye Taping in Patients with Plantar Heel Pain

• Ha HS
• Hwang JH
• Kim YB
• Ha YM
• Hwang JM

• KMID: 2288643
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5763/kjsm.2012.30.1.9

Abstract

Plantar heel pain is common musculoskeletal disorder of the foot related to sports activity. Treatment of the plantar heel pain is usually conservative including low-dye (LD) taping. We evaluated the immediate clinical and biomechanical effect of LD taping. 19 patients who had plantar heel pain with fat pad tenderness or tenderness on plantar fascia insertion area participated in this study. We assessed plantar pressure change with foot pressure analysis system, fat pad depth changes with ultrasonography, pain improvement with visual analogue scale before and after LD taping. Patient treated with LD taping showed the decrease in maximum peak pressure and pressure time integral, and there was not a significant difference between pre and post maximal velocity, average velocity, distance of center of pressure. Fat pad depth increase (mean 1.67 mm, p<0.05) and pain improvement (mean 1.91 on visual analog scale, p<0.05). LD taping restrict midtarsal joint, correct hindfoot pronation, and provide fat pad depth increase and pain improvement, immediately.

Keyword

Plantar heel pain; Low-dye taping; Biomechanical effect

MeSH Terms

Adipose Tissue
Fascia
Foot
Heel
Humans
Joints
Pronation
Sports

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Low dye taping technique.

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  Fig. 2 The foot is divided into 8 areas. M1: medial rearfoot, M2: lateral rearfoot, M3: midfoot, M4: medial forefoot, M5: middle forefoot, M6: lateral forefoot, M7: 1st toe, M8: 2nd-5th toe.

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  Fig. 3 The picture of weight application in ultrasonographic measurement of heel pad thickness.

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  Fig. 4 (A) Thickness of heel pad in un-taped. (B) Thickness of heel pad in taped.

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