The Effects of Taping Treatment on Sports Injury of Knee, Three Case Reports

첩대요법으로 호전된 스포츠 슬관절 손상 환자 3례

  • Ahn, Hee-Bin (Dept. of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Se-Myung University) ;
  • Kim, Ji-Young (Dept. of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Se-Myung University) ;
  • Kim, Soon-Joong (Dept. of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Se-Myung University) ;
  • Jeong, Su-Hyeon (Dept. of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine, College of Oriental Medicine, Se-Myung University)
  • 안희빈 (세명대학교 충주한방병원 재활의학과 교실) ;
  • 김지영 (세명대학교 충주한방병원 재활의학과 교실) ;
  • 김순중 (세명대학교 충주한방병원 재활의학과 교실) ;
  • 정수현 (세명대학교 충주한방병원 재활의학과 교실)
  • Received : 2011.11.24
  • Accepted : 2011.12.05
  • Published : 2011.12.30

Abstract

Objectives : The purpose of this study is to access the taping treatment in patients with sports injury of knee. Methods : Three patients were treated by taping to evaluate the effect of the treatment. The patient's symptoms were assessed by range of motion(ROM), verbal numerical rating scale(VNRS), knee injury and osteoarthritis outcome score(KOOS) and physical examinations. Results : In all case, the pain was reduced according to VNRS score. ROM and KOOS of two cases were improved. Conclusion : These results suggest that taping might be an effective method to treat patients with sports injury of knee. But, it's necessary to have more observations and experiment with taping.

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