Can kinesio tape negatively affect the treatment by creating a hard floor in plantar fasciitis treatment? A randomized clinical trial

Tuğba Kocahan; Aydan Örsçelik; Hüseyin Günaydın; Gökhan Büyüklüoğlu; Burak Karaaslan; Erdoğan Asar; Bihter Akınoğlu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0322397

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Can kinesio tape negatively affect the treatment by creating a hard floor in plantar fasciitis treatment? A randomized clinical trial

Tuğba Kocahan ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: kocahantu@gmail.com

Affiliation Health Sciences University, Gülhane Faculty of Medicine, Department of Sports Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0567-857X

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Aydan Örsçelik,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Resources

Current Address: Health Sciences University, Gülhane Faculty of Medicine, Department of Sports Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye

Affiliation Health Sciences University, Gülhane Faculty of Medicine, Department of Sports Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
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Hüseyin Günaydın,

Roles Data curation, Resources

Affiliation Health Sciences University, Gülhane Faculty of Medicine, Department of Sports Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
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Gökhan Büyüklüoğlu,

Roles Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Health Sciences University, Gülhane Faculty of Medicine, Department of Sports Medicine, Ankara, Türkiye
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Burak Karaaslan,

Roles Data curation, Resources

Affiliation Özel Hayat Doğa Polyclinic, Ankara, Türkiye
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Erdoğan Asar,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Health Sciences University, Gülhane Faculty of Medicine, Division of Basic Medical Sciences, Department of Medical Informatics, Ankara, Türkiye

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6987-7068

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Bihter Akınoğlu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Current Address: Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Ankara, Türkiye

Affiliation Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Ankara, Türkiye
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Can kinesio tape negatively affect the treatment by creating a hard floor in plantar fasciitis treatment? A randomized clinical trial

Tuğba Kocahan,
Aydan Örsçelik,
Hüseyin Günaydın,
Gökhan Büyüklüoğlu,
Burak Karaaslan,
Erdoğan Asar,
Bihter Akınoğlu

Published: May 5, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0322397

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