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Effects of taping therapy on the deformed angle of the foot and pain in hallux valgus patients
Taehan Kanho Hakhoe Chi. 2004 Aug;34(5):685-92 [Korea]

 

Has anyone read this article? If so, what method did they use to assess the "deformed angle of the foot" that they managed to improve by approximately 3 degrees? And how does it translate to western methods of charting HAV? Is it the IM or HAV angle? Either way, there's a large degree of measurement error with many of the methods used to determine longitudinal bisections of foot bones on plain film x-ray, so I'm unsure of how significant their findings really are.
Have a nice day.

 

I myself have always found it difficult to tape patients with HAV.A volcano pad or tube foam sleeve tends to be easier to do.True,this may not be a very efficient thing to do,but even the taping does not really solve the problem,at least as I see it.