NCT04529486

Kinesio Taping in Cerebral Palsy Upper Extremity Functionality

Effects of Kinesio Taping on Upper Extremity Functionality in Participants With Cerebral Palsy

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 14 (actual)
• Sponsor: Baskent University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Years – 15 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Purpose: The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of kinesio taping on upper extremity functionality in participants with Cerebral Palsy. Methods: This study included 14 children aged 6-16 years, diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. The children with Cerebral Palsy were divided into 2 groups, the study group and the control group. Assessments were done three times for each group (beginning - 45min later - 1 week later). Frenchay Arm Test was used to evaluate upper extremity functionality in participants with Cerebral Palsy. Kinesio taping was applied to study group to improve posture and function in shoulder area.

Conditions

• Cerebral Palsy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Kinesio taping	Before applying the tape, it was checked whether the children were allergic. Tape was first started from the distal part of the fingers and taped with 0% tension with Kinesio Taping Functional Correction Technique. Another I tape was applied from palmar area of the hand to spina scapula for supination of the forearm and external rotation of the shoulder with %0 tension to make functional correction (Figure 2). Kinesio Taping Functional Correction method is suggested to be done with 75% of tension but for children, we applied it with 0% tension to minimize the shear effects to the skin4. Kinesio Tex Light Touch Plus tape was used for taping application (Kinesio Co., USA).

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-03-01
• Primary completion: 2020-05-01
• Completion: 2020-08-01
• First posted: 2020-08-27
• Last updated: 2020-08-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)