Angelica Tiongco
Our Lady of Fatima University Graduate School, Philippines
Title: Effects of Kinesiotape On Grip Strength And Tennis Performance Among Filipino Tennis Players
Biography
Biography: Angelica Tiongco
Abstract
Improving tennis performance is part of the primary goal of every tennis scientists, coaches, and athletes. The aim of this study is to determine the effect of kinesiotape (KT) on grip strength and tennis performance.
This study used a true experimental, multiple-time series research design. Seven competitive tennis players were chosen purposively and assigned randomly to therapeutic kinesiotape (KG) or neutral tape group (NG). Electronic Hand Dynamometer CAMRY® EH101 was used to measure the grip strength; Sport Radar Multi-speed Sport Detection to determine the ball speed; and International Tennis Federation (ITF) scoring for serve accuracy. Pearson and Spearman Correlation were used to identify the relationship between the grip strength with the confounding variables, ball speed and serve accuracy while t-test was used to test the hypothesis.
A high to very high positive correlation between grip strength and wrist circumference (r=.930;p=.002), sex (r=.866;p=.012) and height (r=.780;p=.039) was noted. Therapeutic KT produced minimal improvement on grip strength and ball speed, but a decrease in serve accuracy. All results, however, were not statistically significant (p>0.05).