Table 2 .
Effects of kinesio tape on calf pain
| Leg | PreKT (1) (M ± SD) | PostKT (2) (M ± SD) | PostRace (3) (M ± SD) | p a | Post hoc | Effect size | ||||
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| 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | |||||
| Experimental | 1.42 ± 1.53 | 0.97 ± 1.20 | 2.32 ± 2.03 | > 0,05 | - | *** | *** | −0.07 | −0.39 | −0.38 |
| Control | 1.32 ± 1.53 | 0.98 ± 1.24 | 2.80 ± 2.27 | - | *** | *** | ||||
PreKT, baseline measure; PostKT, immediately after taping measure;
PostRace, after finishing competition measure; M, mean; SD, standard deviation.
p a , level of significance of the Mann-Whitney U test; comparison within-group analysis with the Wilcoxon test (− p > 0.0167; *** p < 0.001).