The Instant Effect of Kinesiology Taping in Patients With Knee OA

The muscular activation of the Rectus Femoris will be measured with the EMG (Euro Track MyoPlus 4) device before and after the taping application. With the patient in the sitting position with the hip and knee flexed to 90 degrees, active electrodes will be placed on the motor point of the muscle, three measurements will be made, and the highest MVIC value will be recorded.

Individuals will be asked to get up while sitting on the chair, walk three meters, return from the marked point at the end of three meters, walk towards the chair again and sit on the chair. The time taken for the individual's performances will be recorded in seconds.

Patients will be asked to stand up and sit down fully upright from the chair with armrests as quickly as possible five times, and the elapsed time will be recorded.

Participants will sit on a chair with 90° knee flexion. The lower extremities of the participants will be passively and randomly moved from 90° knee flexion to each of the 15°, 30° and 45° angles. After holding the lower extremity at each target angle for 10 seconds, return to the starting position. After waiting 10 seconds in the starting position, the participants will bring their knees to the target angle on their own and stop. Accordingly, the absolute value of the participant's deviation from the target angle will be measured three times for each target angle with the help of a goniometer and the average value will be calculated.

It consists of three parts and 24 questions in which pain, stiffness and physical function are questioned. The maximum scores that can be obtained from the index are 20 for the pain subgroup, 8 for stiffness, and 68 for physical function. High scores indicate increased pain and stiffness and impaired physical function.