Effects of Kinesio tape in individuals with lateral epicondylitis: A deceptive crossover trial.

Objectives: To determine the true and immediate effect of applying Kinesio tape (KT) on the pain intensity, pain-free grip strength, maximal grip strength, and electromyographic activity with facilitatory KT, inhibitory KT, sham KT, and untaped condition in patients with lateral epicondylitis (LE) who were ignorant about KT.

Design: Deceptive crossover trial.

Participants: Thirty-three patients with unilateral chronic LE who were ignorant about KT, 30 of them were successfully deceived in this study.