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The Effect of High-Dye and Low-Dye Taping on Rearfoot Motion

Anne-Maree Keenan, BAppSc(Pod), MAppSc^* and Craig M. Tanner, BPod(Hons)

^* Fellow, Australian Faculty of Public Health Medicine; Senior Lecturer, School of Exercise and Health Sciences, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797, Penrith DC, New South Wales, 1797, Australia.
Submitted during Honours year, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia; Consultant, Alphington Sports Medicine Clinic, Northcote, Australia.

Abstract

High-Dye and low-Dye taping are commonly used by clinicians to treat a variety of foot and ankle pathologies, particularly those associated with excessive rearfoot pronation. While the effects of taping on end range of motion have been extensively studied, relatively little is understood about the effect of the two styles of taping on rearfoot motion. Eighteen participants were analyzed in three conditions: 1) barefoot, 2) with high-Dye taping, and 3) with low-Dye taping. Two-dimensional motion of the rearfoot was assessed for each condition. The results indicated maximum inversion was increased with both high-Dye and low-Dye taping as compared with no taping. Only high-Dye taping, however, significantly reduced the maximum eversion of the rearfoot. The results suggest that high-Dye taping is an appropriate taping choice when control of eversion of the rearfoot is desired. (J Am Podiatr Med Assoc 91(5): 255-261, 2001)

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