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Elastic bandages are commonly used in sports to treat and prevent sports injuries.
An elastic bandage is a
stretchy rolled bandage designed to wrap around an injured body part. This
helps in providing compression to an injured body part, helps control swelling
and eases the pain. In this
database searching review, this bandage has done well helping in proprioceptive
function of knee and ankle joint. The PEDro scale was used extensively for the
same.
Elastic bandages
are commonly used in sports to treat and prevent sports injuries. To conduct a
systematic review assessing the effectiveness of elastic bandaging in
orthopedic and sports injuries prevention and rehabilitation.
We searched the
following electronic databases: MEDLINE, CINAHL, SPORTDiscus, EMBASE and
Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro), with key words ‘elastic bandaging’ in
combination, respectively, with (1) first aid, (2) sports injuries, (3)
orthopedic injuries and (4) sports injuries prevention and rehabilitation.
Research studies were selected based upon the use of the term ‘elastic
bandaging’ in the abstract. Final selection was made by applying inclusion and
exclusion criteria to the full text. Studies were included if they were English,
peer-reviewed clinical trials on the effects of elastic bandaging for
orthopedic injuries prevention and rehabilitation.
Twelve studies
met the above criteria and were included in the final analysis. Data collected
included number of participants, condition being treated, treatment used,
control group, outcome measures and results. Studies were critically analyzed
using the PEDro scale.
The studies in
this review fell into two (2) categories: studies in athletes (N=2) and non-athletes
(N=10). All included trials had moderate-to-high quality, scoring (≥5 on the
PEDro scale). The PEDro scores for the studies in athletes and non-athletes
ranged from 5 to 6 out of 10 and from 5 to 8 out of 10, respectively. The
quality of studies was mixed, ranging from higher to moderate methodological
quality clinical trials. Overall, elastic bandaging can assist proprioceptive
function of knee and ankle joint. Because of the moderate methodological
quality and insufficient number of clinical trials, further effects of the
elastic bandaging could not be confirmed.
Journal of sport rehabilitation
Elastic Bandaging for Orthopedic and Sports Injuries Prevention and Rehabilitation: A Systematic Review.
Fousekis K et al.
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