subject: kinesio tape gives you a tough body [print this page] kinesio tape gives you a tough body kinesio tape gives you a tough body
First, the present invention provides a body kinesio tape including at least a stretch base material and an adhesive layer on one surface of the base material, wherein in the adhesive layer, a plurality of recessed grooves extending in the tape width direction are arranged at a spacing in the tape longitudinal direction and there is provided an array configuration composed of pattern arrays in which the length of the recessed grooves changes stepwise repeating a gradual increase and decrease in the tape longitudinal direction.
The width of the recessed grooves extending in the kinesio tape width direction changes with expansion and contraction of the tape in the longitudinal direction, and the thickness of the adhesive layer also changes, which therefore results in a change in the depth of the recessed grooves. For example, the width Wb of the recessed grooves in a state where the tape is expanded is greater than the width Wa of the recessed grooves in a state where the tape is not expanded (Wb>Wa), while the depth Db of the recessed grooves in a state where the tape is expanded is smaller than the depth Da of the recessed grooves in a steady state where the tape is not expanded (Db
