| Title |
Paper Tape Prevents Foot Blisters
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine, September 2016
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| DOI | 10.1097/jsm.0000000000000319 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Grant S. Lipman, Louis J. Sharp, Mark Christensen, Caleb Phillips, Alexandra DiTullio, Andrew Dalton, Pearlly Ng, Jennifer Shangkuan, Katherine Shea, Brian J. Krabak |
| Abstract |
To determine whether paper tape prevents foot blisters in multistage ultramarathon runners. Multisite prospective randomized trial. The 2014 250-km (155-mile) 6-stage RacingThePlanet ultramarathons in Jordan, Gobi, Madagascar, and Atacama Deserts. One hundred twenty-eight participants were enrolled: 19 (15%) from the Jordan, 35 (27%) from Gobi, 21 (16%) from Madagascar, and 53 (41%) from the Atacama Desert. The mean age was 39.3 years (22-63) and body mass index was 24.2 kg/m (17.4-35.1), with 31 (22.5%) females. Paper tape was applied to a randomly selected foot before the race, either to participants' blister-prone areas or randomly selected location if there was no blister history, with untaped areas of the same foot used as the control. Development of a blister anywhere on the study foot. One hundred six (83%) participants developed 117 blisters, with treatment success in 98 (77%) runners. Paper tape reduced blisters by 40% (P < 0.01, 95% confidence interval, 28-52) with a number needed to treat of 1.31. Most of the study participants had 1 blister (78%), with most common locations on the toes (n = 58, 50%) and heel (n = 27, 23%), with 94 (80%) blisters occurring by the end of stage 2. Treatment success was associated with earlier stages [odds ratio (OR), 74.9, P < 0.01] and time spent running (OR, 0.66, P = 0.01). Paper tape was found to prevent both the incidence and frequency of foot blisters in runners. |
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