NCT05606354

Taping Versus Conventional Physiotherapy in Knee Osteoarthritis

Effects of Kinesio Taping Versus Conventional Physiotherapy in Women With Knee Osteoarthritis- A Single-Center RCT

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (actual)
• Sponsor: Dow University of Health Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 50 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of kinesio taping versus conventional physiotherapy in women with knee osteoarthritis.

Detailed description

* This study will be a Randomized control trial. The calculated sample size for this study was 68 (34 in each group). To compensate the expected dropouts the sample size was increased by 15 %. Hence the final sample size will be 80 (40 in each group). * The participants of this study will be female patients having Grade.2 knee osteoarthritis aged in between 50 to 60 years having BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) range 25-29.9(Overweight), who are being referred to Dow Ojha Physiotherapy OUT PATIENT DEPARTMENT. The subjects will be divided into 2 equal groups through Randomization Technique (Coin toss). * Intervention group will receive regular physiotherapy exercises with Kinesio tape application, Whereas Control group will be given the same exercises without Kinesio taping. * First assessment will be done at the baseline and second(final) will be conducted at the end of 3rd week (after 9 sessions). * Data will be analyzed through SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) Version-26. For mean comparison of dependent variables among Experimental and Control group Repeated Measure two-way Analysis of covariance will be performed. P-value less than 0.05 will be considered significant.

Conditions

• Knee Osteoarthritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Intervention group	Experimental

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-10-07
• Primary completion: 2024-03-10
• Completion: 2024-03-10
• First posted: 2022-11-04
• Last updated: 2024-07-22

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan