Efeitos agudos da bandagem elástica aplicada na pele que recobre os músculos isquiotibiais na facilitação do seu alongamento

Abstract

This current research had the objective to evaluate effects of taping applied on the skin that covers hamstring muscles to make stretching easier. There are sixteen volunteers assessed being 75% women, with the average age of 21.13 ± 2.80 years old. Everyone signed the TCLE and later they were submitted to a measurement of popliteal angle and also had to sit and do a reach test. For this purpose we used a goniometer, Wells' bench and tapes. The tests were divided in four steps: 1) the first one was trying to reach without tapping; 2) in the second step we collected another data 5 minutes later, but this time wearing the tape; 3) in the third step, the data were collect 15 minutes after the second collection of data; 4) the fourth collection happened 25 minutes after the third one. For the data analysis, we used the Statistical Package for Social Sciences software (SPSS) 18.0 for Windows. This software provided the descriptive analysis, the Kolmogorov Smirnov test and one-way ANOVA were the responsible for the repeated measures with post hoc Bonferroni. The final results proved a significant increase of flexibility in post 5 min, post 15 min and post 25 min for both pre-test in measuring popliteal angle as in sit and reach test (p ≤ 0.05). It was noted that test of sit and reach, in the research, had 44% in the pre-test of flexibility suited to their gender and age, and 25 minutes later, wearing tape, this percentage increased to 75%. It is concluded that taping application on the skin that covers the hamstring muscles promotes a facilitation of its acute effect of stretching.