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October 13-15, 2016 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
3rd International Conference and Expo on
Physiotherapy
Volume 6, Issue 5 (Suppl) J Nov Physiother
ISSN: 2165-7025 JNP, an open access journal Physiotherapy 2016
October 13-15, 2016
Effects of Kinesio tape on grip strength and tennis performance among Filipino tennis players
Angelica L Tiongco
Our Lady of Fatima University, Philippines
Improving tennis performance is part of the primary goal of every tennis scientist, coaches and athletes. The aim of this study is to
determine the effect of kinesio tape (KT) on grip strength and tennis performance. This study used a true experimental, multiple-
time series research design. 7 competitive tennis players were chosen purposively and assigned randomly to therapeutic kinesio tape
(KG) or neutral tape group (NG). Electronic Hand Dynamometer CAMRY® EH101 was used to measure the grip strength; sport
radar multi-speed sport detection to determine the ball speed; and International Tennis Federation (ITF) scoring for serve accuracy.
Pearson and Spearman correlation were used to identify the relationship between the grip strength with the confounding variables,
ball speed and serve accuracy while t-test was used to test the hypothesis. A high to very high positive correlation between grip
strength and wrist circumference (r=0.930; p=0.002), sex (r=0.866; p=0.012) and height (r=0.780; p=0.039) was noted. Therapeutic
KT produced minimal improvement on grip strength and ball speed, but a decrease in serve accuracy. All results, however, were not
statistically significant (p>0.05).
Biography
Angelica L Tiongco teaches in the College of Physical Therapy at Our Lady of Fatima University where she academically finished her Master’s degree at the same
school. She is currently the Program Coordinator of the Department of Physical Therapy at De Los Santos–STI College. She also co-authored several papers
presented in different Philippine national conventions.
Angelica L Tiongco, J Nov Physiother 2016, 6:5 (Suppl)