Effects of Kinesio Taping Techniques in COPD Patients

Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Treatments: Device: Kinesio Taping

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04241510

KPR1

Details and patient eligibility

About

Study will investigate effects of two different kinesio taping techniques on pulmonary parameters of patients with COPD.

Full description

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is an irreversible, progressive, treatable airway disease which causes dyspnea, wheezing, coughing and increased secretions in airways. Thoracic and respiratory mechanics are impaired, respiratory muscle strength and functional exercise capacity is decreased in patients with COPD. As a result dyspnea, limitation in activities of daily living, postural impairments, muscle length-strength relationship changes and increased mechanical loads on respiratory muscles occur. In literature it has been demonstrated that Kinesio Taping have therapeutic effects on respiratory functions and functional exercise capacity in patients with chronic neurological diseases who has additional respiratory impairments. Although there are several studies in literature investigating the effects of facilitation and inhibition taping techniques applied on respiratory muscles in patients with COPD, effects of thoracic and postural mechanical correction techniques as an alternative treatment modality in patients with COPD have not been investigated yet. In present study, effects of thoracic mechanical correction and facilitation taping techniques in patients with COPD will be investigated, and data will be collected for effects of thoracic mechanical correction taping on pulmonary parameters in patients with COPD.

Enrollment: 43 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Male and female COPD patients aged between 40-80 years
• Diagnosed with COPD stage I-II-III-IV according to GOLD 2019 criterias
• Able to speak, understand and read Turkish language
• Volunteering to participate in study

Exclusion criteria

• Unstable or acutely exacerbated patients with COPD
• Alterations in medical treatment in last 6 months
• Having comorbidities that affect directly cardiopulmonary system, uncontrolled arterial hypertension, severe congestive heart failure, coronary arterial disease, heart valve disease
• Orthopaedic, neurological, psychiatric disease, peripheral/central nervous system diseases, mental retardation, antidepressants usage, metabolic impairments, malignancy
• Unable to cooperate for measurement and treatment techniques used in study
• Irritation, infection, allergic reaction, scarred burn or open wound around application area
• Enrolled in a comprehensive pulmonary rehabilitation program before study
• Application of Kinesio Tape to any body region in the past
• History of an open heart surgery or other thoracic surgeries

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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43 participants in 3 patient groups

Facilitation Tape

Active Comparator group

Description:

Diaphragm and Intercostal muscles will be taped with facilitation technique. After 30 minutes of application patients will be evaulated for pulmonary parameters, functional exercise capacity and dyspnea.

Treatment:

Device: Kinesio Taping

Mechanical Correction Tape

Active Comparator group

Description:

Thorax will be taped with mechanical correction technique. After 30 minutes of application patients will be evaulated for pulmonary parameters, functional exercise capacity and dyspnea.

Treatment:

Device: Kinesio Taping

No Tape

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients will be evaulated for pulmonary parameters, functional exercise capacity and dyspnea with no tape.