Types of taping
Five different conditions were tested, consisting of four taping methods (Fig. LD: Low Dye taping method, applied using inelastic cloth tape (Wet-Pruf, Kendall International, Inc. Mansfield, MA, USA), with one strip circumferentially applied to the outer edges of the foot and 3–5 smaller strips M/L.FD: Inelastic cloth tape applied as two pre-cut strips (Fasciaderm, Mueller Sports Medicine, Prairie du Sac, WI, USA), one applied A/P, the other M/L.FS: Custom cut kinesiology tape (initial commercial name is FAST TapeKT: Rectangular kinesiology tape with lengthwise elasticity (KT Tape, American Fork, UT, USA), applied as two strips, one A/P the other M/L.BF: Barefoot, no tape applied.Taping methods and marker placement. (Taping methods 2–4 followed manufacturer recommendations, while the LD method was chosen to capture common criteria for low dye taping.