Effects of Kinesiotaping and Electrical Muscle Stimulation on Low Back Pain and Disability

Riphah International University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Low Back Pain

Treatments: Device: kinesiotaping; Device: electrical muscle stimulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05834153

REC/RCR & AHS/23/0523

Details and patient eligibility

About

To compare the effects of kinesiotaping and electrical muscle stimulation on low back pain and disability associated with diastasis recti.

Enrollment: 48 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 20 to 40 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Diastasis recti more than 2 or 2.5cm
• 6 weeks' postpartum cesarean section females
• Primigravida females
• Low back pain due to DR

Exclusion criteria

• Normal vaginal delivery
• Episiotomy
• Multigravida women's
• History of abdominal hernia
• History of any abdominal surgery

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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48 participants in 2 patient groups

kinesiotaping

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: kinesiotaping

electrical muscle stimulation

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Device: electrical muscle stimulation