Journal of Hand Therapy xxx (2017) 1

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Letter to the Editor

Letter to the editor regarding “The effects of KinesioTape on the

treatment of lateral epicondylitis”

Dear Editor: technique was described originally by Vincenzo et al (http://

I have read the article ahead of print by Shakeri et al. The effects
of KinesioTape on the treatment of lateral epicondylitis. I would like to
request clarification on a few items:
1. In the Methods section, the authors describe using a “3.8-cm
wide, nonelastic, adhesive backed sports tape.” The authors
should specify the brand of tape used. The article title and
manuscript uses kinesiotape, which is a brand name, and should
not be used as a generic term kinesiology tape unless that
particular brand was used in the study.
2. Kinesiotape is an elastic therapeutic tape, yet it was described in
the article as nonelastic. Because different brands of kinesiology
tape have different elastic properties, it is important to specify
the brand for reproducibility.
3. The article referenced for the tape technique (#30, Shamsoddini
2010) appears to have used nonelastic sports tape, but the
www.jospt.org/doi/10.2519/jospt.2003.33.7.400?code¼jospt-site),
which was also referenced in the study as using kinesio taping,
which is not correct. In fact, Vincenzo et al used rigid strapping
tape and should have been the original citation for the
technique.
4. Furthermore, the authors stated that they applied a 75% traction
force on the soft tissues. Please clarify if they are referring to a
stretch of the tape (assuming it is indeed elastic) of 75% elon-
gation or 75% traction on soft tissue via a nonelastic tape?
I thank the authors for clarifying these points.
Phil Page, PhD, PT, ATC, CSCS, FACSM
Baton Rouge, LA, USA
E-mail address: ppage100@gmail.com

DOI of original article: 10.1016/j.jht.2017.01.001.

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