A comparative study on efficacy of antipronation taping Vs orthosis in medial tibial stress syndrome

  • Shaji John Kachanathu College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, KSA,
  • Pooja Anand Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Manav Rachna International University, India
  • Reena Pathania Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Manav Rachna International University, India
  • Abdul R Zakaria Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Manav Rachna International University, India
Keywords: Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome, Shin Splint, Antipronation Taping, Orthotics

Abstract

Objective: Physical examination of athletes involves in field and track event consistently demonstrates overuse injuries of lower limb. Hyperpronation is found to be ultimate culprit in the development of overuse injuries such as Medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS), Compartment syndrome and Stress fractures. There is a dearth of studies conducted on the athletes for reducing hyperpronation. This study endeavors to compare the effect of antipronation taping and orthosis on Medial tibial stress syndrome. Methods: Total 30 subjects with mean age of 20.962.46 years participated in the current study, who presented with symptoms of MTSS. These subjects were randomly allocated to two groups: Group A and B (n=15) and given antipronation taping and orthosis respectively. The outcomes of the study were assessed by using navicular drop test, visual analogue scale and hop distance. Total duration of study was for one week. Results: Group-A i.e. antipronation taping group has shown the more improvement as compared to group B i.e orthosis group in pain and hop distance, whereas there was no significant difference in navicular drop test between both groups. Both groups were benefited by treatment but response from orthosis was slower than the taping. Conclusion: Overall our study indicates that augmented low dye taping and orthosis along with stretching and strengthening exercises were useful technique for reducing pain and improving functional activity, suggests that biomechanical factors play an important role in etiology and should be considered, while giving treatment to these patients. There was improvement in both group, but improvement was much better in participants who received augmented low dye taping. 

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Published
2016-09-15
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Kachanathu, S. J., Anand, P., Pathania, R., & Zakaria, A. R. (2016). A comparative study on efficacy of antipronation taping Vs orthosis in medial tibial stress syndrome. Asian Journal of Medical Research, 5(4), 11-15. Retrieved from https://aijournals.com/index.php/ajmr/article/view/155