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Effect of neuromuscular bands on knee joint position sense in healthy subjects
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Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate if a short- and long-term application of neuromuscular bands (immediately after and 5 days after application respectively) had any effects on knee joint position sense of healthy individuals.
Methods: Twenty healthy individuals aged between 18 and 35 years were randomly allocated into an experimental group (n=10) and a control group (n=10). The intervention, in the experimental group, consisted in the application of neuromuscular bands on the dominant lower limb, while in the control group no intervention was carried out. Knee joint position sense was measured six times in the experimental group.
Results: No significant differences were found in the assessment of socio-demographic variables before intervention. For both inter-group and intra-group comparisons, there were no significant differences in Absolute Error over time (p > 0.05). Variable Error showed similar results, apart from a significant difference between groups at 60º of knee flexion, immediately after the application.
Conclusion: The application of Neuromuscular Bands was found to have no significant effect on knee joint position sense in healthy individuals. Nevertheless, the tendencies of Absolute Error and Variable Error may indicate that if similar studies were to be conducted, with a higher number of participants, this effect could reach significancy. Therefore, further studies are necessary to assess the effects of neuromuscular bands on knee joint position sense using similar methods.
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Joint position sense Neuromuscular bands Sensorimotor system Knee Target angle Proprioception