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Elastic therapeutic tape, the Glossary

Elastic therapeutic tape, also called kinesiology tape or kinesiology therapeutic tape, Kinesio tape, k-tape, or KT is an elastic cotton strip with an acrylic adhesive that is purported to ease pain and disability from athletic injuries and a variety of other physical disorders.^[1]

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Adhesive tape

Acrylic resin

Polyhydroxyethylmethacrylate is a typical acrylate resin. An acrylic resin is a thermoplastic or thermosetting plastic substance typically derived from acrylic acid, methacrylic acid and acrylate monomers such as butyl acrylate and methacrylate monomers such as methyl methacrylate.

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Adhesive

Adhesive, also known as glue, cement, mucilage, or paste, is any non-metallic substance applied to one or both surfaces of two separate items that binds them together and resists their separation.

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American City Business Journals

American City Business Journals, Inc. (ACBJ) is an American newspaper publisher based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Athletic taping

Athletic taping is the process of applying tape directly to the skin or over pre-wrap in order to maintain a stable position of bones and muscles during athletic activity.

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BioMed Central

BioMed Central (BMC) is a United Kingdom-based, for-profit scientific open access publisher that produces over 250 scientific journals.

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Brian Andrew Dunning (born 1965) is an American writer and producer who focuses on science and skepticism.

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Buddy wrapping

Buddy wrapping, also called neighbour strapping or buddy taping, is the act of bandaging a damaged or particularly a fractured finger or toe together with a healthy, uninjured one.

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Chiropractic

Chiropractic is a form of alternative medicine concerned with the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mechanical disorders of the musculoskeletal system, especially of the spine. Elastic therapeutic tape and Chiropractic are Pseudoscience.

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Cohesive bandage

A self-adhering bandage or cohesive bandage (coban) is a type of bandage or wrap that coheres to itself but does not adhere well to other surfaces.

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Elastic bandage

An elastic bandage is a "stretchable bandage used to create localized pressure".

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In cell biology, extracellular fluid (ECF) denotes all body fluid outside the cells of any multicellular organism.

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HuffPost

HuffPost (The Huffington Post until 2017; often abbreviated as HuffPo) is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions.

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Human musculoskeletal system

The human musculoskeletal system (also known as the human locomotor system, and previously the activity system) is an organ system that gives humans the ability to move using their muscular and skeletal systems.

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Joint

A joint or articulation (or articular surface) is the connection made between bones, ossicles, or other hard structures in the body which link an animal's skeletal system into a functional whole.

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Kerri Walsh Jennings

Kerri Lee Walsh Jennings (born August 15, 1978) is an American professional beach volleyball player, three-time Olympic gold medalist, and a one-time Olympic bronze medalist.

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Kinesiology

Kinesiology is the scientific study of human body movement.

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Ligament

A ligament is the fibrous connective tissue that connects bones to other bones.

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Mechanoreceptor

A mechanoreceptor, also called mechanoceptor, is a sensory receptor that responds to mechanical pressure or distortion.

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Meta-analysis is the statistical combination of the results of multiple studies addressing a similar research question.

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Methodology

In its most common sense, methodology is the study of research methods.

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Minimal important difference

The minimal important difference (MID) or minimal clinically important difference (MCID) is the smallest change in a treatment outcome that an individual patient would identify as important and which would indicate a change in the patient's management.

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Misty May-Treanor

Misty Elizabeth May-Treanor (née May; born July 30, 1977) is a retired American professional beach volleyball player.

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Muscle

Muscle is a soft tissue, one of the four basic types of animal tissue.

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Nociceptor

A nociceptor is a sensory neuron that responds to damaging or potentially damaging stimuli by sending "possible threat" signals to the spinal cord and the brain.

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Placebo

A placebo is a substance or treatment which is designed to have no therapeutic value.

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Proprioception

Proprioception is the sense of self-movement, force, and body position.

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Pseudoscience

Pseudoscience consists of statements, beliefs, or practices that claim to be both scientific and factual but are incompatible with the scientific method.

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Reuters

Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.

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Science-Based Medicine

Science-Based Medicine is a website and blog with articles covering issues in science and medicine, especially medical scams and practices.

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Skin

Skin is the layer of usually soft, flexible outer tissue covering the body of a vertebrate animal, with three main functions: protection, regulation, and sensation.

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Snake oil

Snake oil is a term used to describe deceptive marketing, health care fraud, or a scam.

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Steven Novella

Steven Paul Novella (born July 29, 1964) is an American clinical neurologist and associate professor at Yale University School of Medicine.

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Superstition

A superstition is any belief or practice considered by non-practitioners to be irrational or supernatural, attributed to fate or magic, perceived supernatural influence, or fear of that which is unknown.

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Surgical tape

Surgical tape or medical tape is a type of pressure-sensitive adhesive tape used in medicine and first aid to hold a bandage or other dressing onto a wound. Elastic therapeutic tape and Surgical tape are adhesive tape.

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Tendon

A tendon or sinew is a tough band of dense fibrous connective tissue that connects muscle to bone.

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The National Law Review

The National Law Review is an American law journal, daily legal news website and legal analysis content-aggregating database.

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2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad and officially branded as Beijing 2008, were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China.

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2012 Summer Olympics

The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elastic_therapeutic_tape

Also known as KT tape, Kenzo Kase, Kinesio athletic tape, Kinesio tape, Kinesio tex tapes, Kinesiology Tape, Kinesiotape, Kinesthetic tape, Kinetic tape, Kinisis tape.