THE RELIABILITY OF THE MODIFIED REVERSE-6 TAPING PROCEDURE WITH ELASTIC TAPE TO ALTER THE HEIGHT AND WIDTH OF THE MEDIAL LONGITUDINAL ARCH

摘要

Anti-pronation-taping utilizing both inelastic and elastic tape has been advocated to reduce pain and symptoms associated with excessive foot pronation. An important question regarding the use of taping is whether it can be applied consistently from one therapist to the next, from one session to the next or from one day to the next. Thus, the purpose of this study was to determine whether the “modified” Reverse-6 taping procedure using elastic tape could be applied to produce a consistent within-day and between-day change in the height and width of the medial longitudinal arch for a single clinician as well as between clinicians. A second purpose was to determine if the amount of general clinical experience influenced this consistency.