Kinesio Tape plus Manual Therapy group
The material used for bruxism KT application was Kinesio Tex Gold Finger Prints (Kinesio Holding Corporation, Albuquerque, NM, USA), a 100% cotton, latex-free, 5-cm wide, elastic tape. KT placement was chosen according to principles described by Kase et al. Tapes were cut 2.5 cm in width (cut in half vertically from 5 cm width). Two strips of KT were crossed over the masseter muscle area with 0-5% tension in maximum stretched epidermis position. Web-cut strips EDF (epidermis-dermis-fascia) technique were used. Tape was applied bilaterally after every session of MT and the tape was removed one day before the next MT session. EDF taping for KT procedure was completed according to Kenzo Kase’s KT manual by a certified physiotherapist [26].