Effect of Kinesiotaping on Postpartum Pelvic Girdle Pain

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pelvic Girdle Pain

Treatments: Other: Core stability exercise; Other: Myofascial release; Other: Kinesiotaping

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06705933

P.T.REC/012/005017

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of kinesiotaping on pelvic girdle pain in postpartum women.

Full description

Pregnancy-related pain in the SIJ, lumbosacral region, pubic symphysis, or in any combination of these joints has been coined as pelvic girdle pain (PGP) and has been estimated to affect almost half of all pregnant women. Women with PGP have an increased risk of prenatal anxiety, depressive symptoms and postpartum depression compared with healthy pregnant women.

Kinesio Taping is rehabilitative technique used to facilitate the body's natural healing process while providing support and stability to muscles and joints, without restricting their range of motion. Enhanced rehabilitation is thought to be the effect of stimulated reactivation, proprioceptive training, reduced pain, stimulation of correct movement patterns, and reduction of muscle imbalance.

Kinesio Taping (KT) method has been used to decrease and prevent pain in women suffering from pregnancy related low back pain because of increased muscle relaxation while taping is applied. However, there is lack of knowledge regarding the effect of kinesiotaping on PGP in postpartum women.

Therefore, this study will be conducted to provide physiotherapists with a scientific updated knowledge, concerning the effect of kinesiotaping on pain, level of disability and lumbar flexion and extension ROM in pelvic girdle pain in postpartum women, aiming to improve ADLs of postpartum women. This study may expand the role of physiotherapy in women's health

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 25 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All post-partum women < 4 months postnatal having pelvic girdle pain.
• They will be diagnosed using Faber test, and active straight leg raising test.
• Their ages will range from 25 to 35 years.
• Their body mass index (BMI) less than 30 kg/ m².

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnant women or planning for pregnancy.
• Cardiovascular diseases.
• Previous spinal surgery.
• History of skeletal deformity.
• Participation at any other exercise training program during this study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Core stability exercise and myofascial release group

Active Comparator group

Description:

The participants will receive core stability exercise and myofascial release for 20 min three times per week for 8 weeks.

Treatment:

Other: Myofascial release

Other: Core stability exercise

Kinesiotaping, in addition to core stability exercise and myofascial release group

Experimental group

Description:

The participants will receive kinesiotaping, in addition to core stability exercise and myofascial release for 8 weeks

Treatment:

Other: Kinesiotaping

Other: Myofascial release

Other: Core stability exercise