Material
Roller bandage:
- Child: 4-8 cm wide.
- Adult: 8-12 cm wide.
Procedure
- Bend the knee until it is at an angle of 120°.
- Place the bandage across the knee cap [Figure 52].
Figure 52
- Apply two circular turns around the knee, going over the knee cap and around the back of the knee.
- From the back of the knee, apply a turn around the upper leg [Figure 53].
Figure 53
- Bring the bandage back down to the back of the knee.
- In the same way, make a turn around the lower leg [Figure 54].
Figure 54
- Repeat these figure-of-eight turns.
- On the flexor side of the knee, the successive turns should cover about two thirds of the width of the previous turns.
- On the extensor side, all turns should pass across the back of the knee [Figure 55].
Figure 55
- Finish the bandaging with two circular turns around the lower leg.
- Fix the end of the roller bandage on the last circular turn.
The knee bandage has been correctly applied if:
- The angle of the bandaged knee is 120˚.
- The turns on the flexor side, with the exception of the circular turns, fan outwards and each turn covers two thirds of the width of the previous turn.
- The turns on the extensor side, with the exception of the last two circular turns, run along the back of the knee [Figure 56].
Figure 56