Influencia de los músculos gemelos en el test Sit-and-reach tras la aplicación de kinesiotape en triatletasUn estudio piloto

Abstract

Although the test Sit-and-Reach has been widely used to assess hamstring and lumbar extensibility, it was observed that shortening of the gastrocnemius muscle could affect the values obtained in this test. The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of the gastrocnemius muscle on the outcome of Sit-and-Reach after application of Kinesio taping in triathletes. Ten triathletes healthy volunteers (8 men and 2 women; age 22.70 ± 10.56 years, body mass 65.76 ± 14.62 kg, height 171.10 ± 7.28 cm, BMI 22.28 ± 3.57) participated in the study. The test Sit-and-Reach was used to assess all participants under two conditions: Kinesio tape and without tape. A pink Kinesio tape 5 cm wide was applied to the gastrocnemius muscle of both legs with the technique in "Y". A T-Student test for dependent samples was used to compare the two study conditions. The level of significance was set at p <0.05. Differences were statistically significant (p = 0.01) for Sit-and-Reach test values to the application of Kinesio taping in the gastrocnemius muscle compared to those obtained without the tape. The state of the gastrocnemius muscle conditions the results of Sit-and-Reach. The Sit-and-Reach test should be used to assess the overall flexibility active of the posterior muscle chain.