The following is listed on the JOSPT website with the link below.

For more information,

go to this link. It is worth noting that the investigators performing this study have not
been ertified in the !inesio" Taping #ethod at the time of this study. $uthor%s training
and reasoning for speifi appliation seletion for this study are not determined. The
authors also did not ontat the !inesio Taping $ssoiation for any support with this
study.
http://www.jospt.org/issues/articleID.1422,type.14/article_detail.asp
JULY 2008
Volume 38, No. 7
The Clinical Efficacy of Kinesio Tae fo! "houl#e!
$ain% & 'an#omi(e#, )ou*le+,lin#e#, Clinical T!ial
Mark D. Thele, !a"es #. Dau$er, %aul D. &toe"a
D'I: 1(.2)1*/jospt.2((+.2,*1
STUDY DESIGN: %rospecti-e, rado"i.ed, dou$le/$lided, cliical trial usig a repeated/
"easures desig. OBJECTIVES: To deter"ie the short/ter" cliical e00icacy o0 1iesio Tape

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whe applied to college studets with shoulder pai, as co"pared to a sha" tape
applicatio. BACKGROUND: Tape is co""oly used as a adjuct 0or treat"et ad pre-etio
o0 "usculoskeletal ijuries. # "ajority o0 tape applicatios that are reported i the literature
i-ol-e ostretch tape. The 1T "ethod has gaied sigi0icat popularity i recet years, $ut
there is a paucity o0 e-idece o its use. METHODS AND MEASURES: 4orty/two su$jects
cliically diagosed with rotator cu00 tedoitis/i"pige"et were rado"ly assiged to 1 o0 2
groups: therapeutic 1T group or sha" 1T group. &u$jects wore the tape 0or 2 cosecuti-e 5/day
iter-als. &el0/reported pai ad disa$ility ad pai/0ree acti-e rages o0 "otio 26'M3 were
"easured at "ultiple iter-als to assess 0or di00ereces $etwee groups. RESULTS: The
therapeutic 1T group showed i""ediate i"pro-e"et i pai/0ree shoulder a$ductio 2"ea 7
&D icrease, 18.*9 7 25.29: P ; .(()3 a0ter tape applicatio. <o other di00ereces $etwee groups
regardig 6'M, pai, or disa$ility scores at ay ti"e iter-al were 0oud. CONCLUSION: 1T
"ay $e o0 so"e assistace to cliicias i i"pro-ig pai/0ree acti-e 6'M i""ediately a0ter tape
applicatio 0or patiets with shoulder pai. =tili.atio o0 1T 0or decreasig pai itesity or
disa$ility 0or youg patiets with suspected shoulder tedoitis/i"pige"et is ot supported.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Therapy, le-el 1$/.
J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2008;38(7):389-395, publshe! o"l"e 29 #$y 2008.
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The authors eter!"#e the short$ter! %&"#"%a& e''"%a%( o' K"#es"o Ta)e

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,he# a))&"e to
%o&&e-e stue#ts ,"th shou&er )a"#. as %o!)are to a sha! ta)e a))&"%at"o#/