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However, evidence to support such claims is insufficient.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n To determine whether KT improves skin blood flow (SkBF) responses in young, elite soccer players.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Design<\/jats:title>\n Randomized crossover study.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Setting<\/jats:title>\n Research laboratory.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Patients or Other Participants<\/jats:title>\n Thirteen healthy, elite, adolescent male soccer players (age = 14.7 \u00b1 0.6 years).<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Intervention(s)<\/jats:title>\n Participants completed 2 experimental trials; during trial 1, the volar aspect of the dominant forearm was taped. Forearm SkBF was measured within the taped area and 3 cm lateral to the taped area. During trial 2, no tape was applied to either site. Both trials were performed within 7 days.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Main Outcome Measure(s)<\/jats:title>\n Baseline and maximal thermally (42\u00b0C) stimulated SkBF responses were assessed using laser Doppler flowmetry. Continuously measured SkBF and derived mean arterial pressure obtained at 5-minute intervals were used to calculate cutaneous vascular conductance (CVC), the primary outcome measure.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n No differences were observed for baseline SkBF or CVC between trials or measurement sites. After local heating, no differences were evident for SkBF or CVC between trials or measurement sites.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n Our findings suggest that, in healthy, trained adolescent males, KT was not associated with increased forearm SkBF.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4085\/1062-6050-50.9.08","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,9,19]],"date-time":"2016-09-19T19:04:37Z","timestamp":1474311877000},"page":"1069-1075","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":15,"title":["Forearm Skin Blood Flow After Kinesiology Taping in Healthy Soccer Players: An Exploratory Investigation"],"prefix":"10.4085","volume":"50","author":[{"given":"Kirsty A.","family":"Woodward","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vish","family":"Unnithan","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK;"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Nicola D.","family":"Hopkins","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Liverpool John Moores University, UK"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2557","reference":[{"key":"2020060411331086100_i1062-6050-50-10-1069-b01","unstructured":"Kase\n K, \n \n Wallis\n J, \n \n Kase\n T.\n \n \n Clinical Therapeutic Applications of the Kinesio Taping Method. 2nd ed. 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