Effects of Kinesio Taping in Addition to Routine Physical Therapy on Pain, Range of Motion and Functional Disability in Patients With Upper Cross Syndrome

University of Lahore

Status: Completed

Conditions: Cervical Pain

Treatments: Other: Kinesio Taping Technique; Other: Routine Physical Therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05191043

IRB-UOL-FAHS/998/2021

Details and patient eligibility

About

Objective of the study is to compare the effects of kinesio taping and routine physical therapy on pain, range of motion and functional disability in patients with upper cross syndrome.It is a single blinded randomized controlled trial using non probability purposive sampling technique.

ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS:

There is a significant difference in the effects of routine physical therapy with and without kinesio taping on pain, range of motion and functional disability in patients with upper cross syndrome.

NULL HYPOTHESIS:

There is no significant difference in the effects of routine physical therapy with and without kinesio taping on pain, range of motion and functional disability in patients with upper cross syndrome.

Full description

It will be a prospectively registered ,parallel designed, randomized controlled trial with concealed allocation. Subjects will be selected from the outpatient Department of Physical Therapy, The University of Lahore Teaching Hospital,Lahore, Pakistan. Patients who met eligibility criteria will be informed about the aim of study.all the eligible participants who will agree to participate will sign a consent form. After baseline assessment selected participants will be divided into 2 groups by random allocation method.Subjects will be randomized into two groups using computer generated random numbers.The outcome assessor will be unaware of treatment given to both groups.The calculated sample size using Numeric pain rating scale as outcome measure is 28 in each group, but after adding 20% dropout, the sample size will be 28+6=34 in each group, allowing statistical power of 80%and alpha level of 5%.

Enrollment: 68 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 40 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Both gender
• Participants with an age between 18 to 40
• Participants diagnosed with chronic upper cross syndrome by orthopedic department for physical therapy treatment

Exclusion criteria

• Trauma, Tumor and Fracture of upper limb and shoulder
• Congenital deformities of upper limb
• History of any systemic disease
• History of any neurological disease (epilepsy &seizure, Parkinson's disease)
• History of recent surgery of spine or shoulder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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68 participants in 2 patient groups

Group A/ kinesio taping group

Experimental group

Description:

Routine physical therapy along with Kinesio Taping

Treatment:

Other: Routine Physical Therapy

Other: Kinesio Taping Technique

Group B/ routine physical therapy

Active Comparator group

Description:

routine physical therapy

Treatment:

Other: Routine Physical Therapy