Effectiveness of Kinesio Tape in Morning Stiffness and Functional Capacity in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis.

CEU San Pablo University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Wrist Morning Stiffness

Treatments: Procedure: Kenzo Kase Method; Device: Kinesio Taping

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02367157

CEU-009

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine how the applications of Kinesio Tape affect the morning stiffness in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Enrollment: 20 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis according to the criteria of the American Rheumatism Association with a minimum of 6 months evolution from diagnosis.
• These subjects must have morning stiffness daily in the wrist joint of a member or bilateral at least a month.

Exclusion criteria

• Subjects in postoperative affecting the mobility of joints to study phase.
• Subjects with sensory deficits or other inflammatory arthropathies.
• Subjects who are or come in a state of emergence of the hand or wrist joints during the investigation.
• Subjects who change their usual treatment (medication or other therapies) two months before the study or during the study.
• We exclude subjects who present some kind of allergy to Kinesio-Tape in which case it will be removed immediately.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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20 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental: Kinesio taping

Experimental group

Description:

Epicondilar and epitroclear muscle Kinesio Taping with a Space Correction on the wrist according Kenzo Kase Method

Treatment:

Procedure: Kenzo Kase Method

Device: Kinesio Taping

No intervention: Control

No Intervention group