Research Article

Immediate Effects of Kinesiology Taping of Quadriceps on Motor Performance after Muscle Fatigued Induction

Table 2

Quadriceps peak torque before and after the interventions.

KT groupPT groupNKT group

Peak torque (Nm)Before fatiguing exercise144.48 ± 36.41138.28 ± 33.11136.77 ± 30.59
Before intervention71.56 ± 18.5266.24 ± 16.0468.33 ± 16.99
After intervention111.35 ± 31.5872.64 ± 16.1870.00 ± 16.64
Difference39.79 ± 18.276.76 ± 1.834.09 ± 9.57

Fatigue index (score)Before intervention
Before fatiguing exercise
50.53 ± 1.2951.80 ± 1.0452.02 ± 1.34
After intervention
Before intervention
27.91 ± 11.253.80 ± 2.322.30 ± 3.52

Note: values are expressed as means ± standard deviation (SD). Significant difference between the values before and after in the each group. Significant difference between the KT group and the other groups ( < 0.05).