The Comparative Effect of Kinesio Tape and Mu...

The Comparative Effect of Kinesio Tape and Mulligan Tape in Grip Strength in College Level Athletes

Author Name : Dr. Nidhi Shukla, Sarita Kumari, Diksha Ganagwar, Saurabh Verma, Sawan Kumar

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Taping is widely used in the field of rehabilitation as both a means of treatment and prevention of sports-related injuries. taping method originated from the hypothesis that an external component could aid the functions of muscles and other tissues. Improves communication with mechanoreceptors and increases the number of motor units recruited. Mulligan taping are modern techniques developed by Mulligan for treating LE. Grip strength indicates the ability of hand muscles to grip, and has been used for risk stratification to predict future health problems in individuals. OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of kinesio taping and mulligan taping in grip strength in college level athlete.

METHODOLOGY: Total 40 male subjects with an age group 20-25 years was recruited   for   the study. They was randomly assigned to two groups with 20 subjects in each group.  In Group A- Receive Kinesio tape with hand grip exercise. group B- receive Mulligan Tape with hand grip exercise.

RESULT: In kinesiotaping the T value is 0.02312319 in mulligan taping the T value is 0.084255174 in kinesio taping the P value is 0.481716012  in mulligan taping the P value is 0.433453082. Calculation chart for final result .The 2t Confidence level of all tests shows significant change observed i.e. null hypothesis is rejected and alternate hypothesis is accepted, so that we observed significant improvement along with effectiveness of group Kinesio taping in compare to group Mulligan taping in training program under strict prescribed technical norms on grip strength in the college level athletes.

CONCLUSION: Hence we concluded that Overall, based on results of this study and previous research, it can be said that the study to find out an effect of MT techniques shows significant improvement in compare with  RT technique among the male college level athletes is observed so the null hypothesis is rejected and alternate hypothesis is accepted.

KEYWORDS: KT- kinesiotape, MT- mulligan tape, DM- dynamometer.