Today I Found Out

Why Do Olympians Wear Colored Tape? (2016x158)

: 05, 2016

→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/use→“Kinesio® Tex Tape”, which is essentially just an elastic cotton strip with an acrylic, heat activated adhesive. The tape was designed in the 1970s by a Japanese chiropractic and acupuncture specialist, Kenzo Kase. To date, there hasn’t been a single reputable study that conclusively shows this tape actually does anything the makers and athletes claim it does, though as Kevin Anderson, director of Kinesio UK, states “There’s a lot more needed on the research side to confirm the positive results we’re seeing so far.” Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/08/why-do-olympians-wear-colored-tape/ Sources: http://adisonline.com/sportsmedicine/pages/articleviewer.aspx?year=2012&issue=42020&article=00005&type=abstract http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19574662 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17588814 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19147374 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18227756 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17578750 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1207/s15324834basp1202_2 http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/31/oly-science-tape-day-idUSL6E8IV57020120731 http://www.caller.com/news/2012/jul/27/trend-for-coastal-bend-athletes-olympians-tape/ http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/08/07/158369597/kinesio-tape-plasters-olympians-but-not-all-the-science-sticks?ps=sh_sthdl http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/08/that-weird-tape-olympians-have-on-their-bodies-does-it-do-anything/260615/ http://todayhealth.today.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/08/07/13168398-what-is-with-that-weird-tape-olympians-are-wearing?lite http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443343704577548973568243982.html?mod=WSJ_LifeStyle_LeadStoryNA http://thinking-is-dangerous.blogspot.com/2011/07/dr-kenzo-kase-and-kinesio-tape-observer.html http://gizmodo.com/5723577/powerbalance-admits-their-wristbands-are-a-scam http://apgaylard.wordpress.com/2011/07/03/the-g