NCT06749821

The Acute Effect of Kinesio Tape on Pain, Joint Range of Motion and Dynamic Balance in Patients With Low Back Pain

The Acute Effect of Kinesio Tape on Pain, Joint Range of Motion and Dynamic Balance in Patients With Low Back Pain: Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 48 (actual)
• Sponsor: Istanbul Saglik Bilimleri University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 30 Years – 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the acute effect of kinesio taping on pain, range of motion and dynamic balance in patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain. 48 patients were included in the study and were randomly divided into three groups by ordinal number randomization. All patients were evaluated of pain, joint range of motion and dynamic balance before and 45 minutes after the application. Kinesio taping with elastic therapeutic tape was applied to the core muscles of the study group, and the same muscles of the placebo group were taped with plaster tape in the same way, and no application was made to the control group.

Detailed description

The aim of this study is to evaluate the acute effect of kinesio taping on pain, range of motion and dynamic balance in patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain. 48 patients were included in the study and were randomly divided into three groups by ordinal number randomization. All patients were evaluated by the same physiotherapist in terms of pain (Visual Analog Scale), joint range of motion (Gonyometric measurement) and dynamic balance (Timed Up and Go Test) before and 45 minutes after the application. Kinesio taping with elastic therapeutic tape was applied to the transversus abdominis, rectus abdominis and iliocostal muscles of the study group, and the same muscles of the placebo group were taped with plaster tape in the same way, and no application was made to the control group.

Conditions

• Low Back Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Kinesio Tape	Kinesio tape (KT) is an elastic therapeutic tape used to treat sports injuries and various other disorders. It was first used by Dr. Kenzo Kase in 1979 to relieve pain and promote healing in soft tissues and is a method that is constantly being updated. The KT method is a therapeutic taping technique that relieves pain and facilitates lymphatic drainage by microscopically lifting the skin.
OTHER	Placebo Tape (Arm 1)	In this application, taping was applied in the same way but with a plaster tape.
OTHER	Control (no last irrigation)	No application was made.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-11-15
• Primary completion: 2022-01-05
• Completion: 2022-05-15
• First posted: 2024-12-27
• Last updated: 2024-12-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)