Effects of Kinesiotaping on Muscular Activity, Mobility, Strength and Pain After Rotator Cuff Surgery

Application of an elastic beige 5-cm width Leukotape®K (BSN medical, Germany). The first strip, a Y-strip, was applied with 10% to 15% of tension over the deltoid muscle, from origin to insertion with the first tail along the anterior deltoid while the arm was externally rotated and horizontally abducted. The second tail was applied along the posterior deltoid with the arm horizontally adducted and internally rotated. A second strip, an I-strip, was applied for mechanical correction, transversally in the sagittal plane over the acromioclavicular joint with a downward pressure applied to the KT, the arm being at trunk side

a rigid Leukotape®Classic (BSN medical, Germany) was used. A 5-cm strip was applied transversally under the deltoid tuberosity with no tension and with no direct influence on shoulder area.