NCT06344897

The Effect of Kinesio Taping in Pediatric Surgery

Effectiveness of Kinesio Tape Applied After Open Appendectomy Surgery in Children: Randomized Controlled Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 68 (actual)
• Sponsor: KTO Karatay University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Years – 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study was planned to determine the effect of kinesio taping (KT) applied to the abdominal area after surgery on pain and gas output in children aged 6-12 years who had open appendicitis surgery.

Detailed description

It is stated that kinesio taping, alone or in combination, is an alternative application for the pain management of various disease and symptom processes. These sources state that kinesion relieves pain and makes movement easier. When the literature was examined, no study could be found examining the effectiveness of kinesio tape application in pain management and flatulence in the post-operative period in children who had appendicitis surgery. For this reason, this study aimed to examine the effect of kinesio taping applied to the abdominal area on pain and gas output after appendicitis surgery in children between the ages of 6-12.

Conditions

• Appendicitis
• Surgery
• Pain, Acute

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Kinesio taping	After appendicitis surgery, children will receive Kinesio taping in addition to the standard pain management applied in the clinic.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-02-25
• Primary completion: 2024-03-21
• Completion: 2024-04-01
• First posted: 2024-04-03
• Last updated: 2024-04-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)