OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether Kinesiotaping improves excessive foot pronation compared with sham Kinesiotaping. DESIGN: Quasi-randomised, double-blind study. SETTING: One primary care centre. PARTICIPANTS: One hundred and thirty participants were screened for inclusion. Sixty-eight participants with pronated feet (Foot Posture Index (FPI) >= 6) were enrolled, and the follow-up rate was 100%. INTERVENTIONS: Participants were allocated into one of two groups: an experimental Kinesiotaping group (KT1) and a sham taping group (KT2). Measures were collected by a blinded assessor at baseline, and 1 minute, 10 minutes, 60 minutes and 24 hours after taping. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The primary outcome was total FPI score, and the secondary outcome was rear-foot FPI score. RESULTS: There were no significant differences in total FPI score between Kinesiotaping and sham taping at any time point. Similarly, there were no significant differences in rear-foot FPI score, apart from at 60-minute follow-up when the difference between groups was significant (p = 0.04) but the effect size was very small (0.85 points on the rear-foot FPI score between -6 and +6). CONCLUSIONS: Kinesiotaping does not correct foot pronation compared with sham Kinesiotaping in people with pronated feet.

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