NCT04968769

Comparison of Ischemic Compression Therapy and Kinesiotaping in Chronic Neck Pain

Comparison of Ischemic Compression Therapy and Kinesiotaping on Blood Flow, Tissue Stiffness, Pain and Range of Motion in Chronic Neck Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 22 (actual)
• Sponsor: Baskent University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of ischemic compression (IC) and kinesio taping (KT) treatments on blood flow, tissue stiffness and thickness, pain, and joint range of motion on the upper trapezius muscle of individuals with chronic neck pain. Methods: In this study 22 individuals between the ages of 20-35 were randomly assigned to 3 groups: Group1, which received IC; Group2, received KT; Group3 (control) received exercise, for 2 days and 4 weeks. Pain was measured with VAS, pain threshold with J-Tech Algometer, range of motion with BASELINE Digital Inclinometer, ultrasonographic measurements for blood flow, tissue stiffness and tissue thickness using Acuson S3000. All measurements were performed twice; before and after treatment.

Conditions

• Neck Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	ischemic compression	manual therapy
OTHER	kinesio taping	elastic therapeutic taping
OTHER	exercise	posture exercises

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-05-01
• Primary completion: 2021-07-08
• Completion: 2021-07-08
• First posted: 2021-07-20
• Last updated: 2021-07-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)