OBJECTIVES: To determine the effect Kinesiotaping (KT) versus sham Kinesiotaping (sham KT) in the repositioning of pronated feet after a short running. DESIGN: Prospective, randomised, double-blinded, using a repeated-measures design with no cross-over. METHODS: 116 amateur runners were screened by assessing the post-run (45 min duration) foot posture to identify pronated foot types (defined by Foot Posture Index (FPI) score of >= 6). Seventy-three runners met the inclusion criteria and were allocated into two treatment groups, KT (n = 49) and sham KT (n = 24). After applying either the KT or sham KT and completing 45 min of running (mean speed of 12 km/h), outcome measures were collected (FPI and walking pedobarography). RESULTS: FPI was reduced in both groups, more so in the KT group (mean FPI between group difference 0.9, CI 0.1 to 1.9), with a score closer to neutral. There were statistically significant differences between KT and sham KT (p < 0.05 and p < 0.01) in pressure time integral, suggesting that sham KT had a greater effect. CONCLUSIONS: KT may be of some assistant to clinicians in correction of pronated foot posture in a short-term. There was no effect of KT, however on pressure variables at heel strike or toe-off following a short duration of running, the sham KT technique had a greater effect. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Therapy, level 1b.

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