Kinesiology Tapes #6 – Lap Shear vs Tape Backing with TA-96B2 Grips


Industry:

Adhesives

Materials

Medical Devices

Attributes measured:

adhesiveness

shear strength

tension

mean shear force

extensibility

elasticity

lap shear adhesion

Background

Kinesiology tapes are often overlapped against sections of other applied strips of the same tape and these sections can experience substantial stress during use. This is the sixth application study on kinesiology tapes (for the first study, see here) which examines the lap shear strength of tapes when they are mounted against their own backing. For the next study in this series, see here.