Impact of Kinesiotaping Application on Pelvic Girdle Pain in Pregnant Women

Cairo University (CU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Pregnancy Complications; Pelvic Girdle Pain; Kinesiotaping

Treatments: Other: Core stability exercises; Other: Kinesio tape

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT07292701

P.T.REC/012/005903

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to determine the effect kiensio taping in relieving pelvic girdle pain during pregnancy in terms of decrease pain and improving function and quality of life.

Full description

Severity of pelvic girdle pain can be different, as a result of the progress of the disorders and subjective feeling of pain. According to Kanakaris an average severity of pain in pelvic girdle pain is 50-60 mm scale visual analogue scale. Results may vary according to different factors such as; pregnancy stage, age of the pregnant women, different body mass index. Beyond the discomfort and pain, pelvic girdle pain can also limit the performance of the activities of daily living such as; bending, lifting, sitting, sleeping, housework, long walking, and standing and thus adversely affect the quality of life of pregnant women. Unfortunately, the options for pain therapy in pregnant women are significantly limited due to the possible danger to both mother and fetus. Most of the standard drugs used affect the fetus and are not recommended, especially for long-term treatment.

There is very little clinical experience and only limited documentation for effectiveness of Kinesio taping on pelvic girdle pain during pregnancy. Because the existing treatments for pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain are not adequately known and are not found to be reliable by patients and clinicians. Kinesio taping may be a potential treatment if it is an effective and tolerable method. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to determine the influence of Kinesio taping pelvic girdle pain in pregnant women

Enrollment: 72 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 36 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age: 18-36 years old.
• Gestational age: 10-34 week of pregnancy.
• Low back pain experienced anywhere from T12 to the gluteal fold without leg pain, and at least moderate pain intensity (scoring ≥4 on visual analogue scale)
• At least one positive test out of three applied, which are Long Dorsal Ligament Test (modified for pregnant women), Posterior Pelvic Pain Provocation (4P), and Trendelenburg test (modified for pregnant women).
• Negative Straight Leg Raise test

Exclusion criteria

• History of abortion
• pregnancy of twins
• previous of pelvic injury.
• Skin previous injury in the lumbosacral area.
• Positive Straight Leg Raise test
• Negative diagnostic tests for pelvic girdle pain
• Chronic pelvic diseases.
• History of allergies to material of kinesiotape.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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72 participants in 3 patient groups

core exercise

Experimental group

Description:

It included 24 women who will be treated by doing core exercise only.

Treatment:

Other: Core stability exercises

kinesiotaping

Active Comparator group

Description:

It will include 24 women who will be treated by applying kinesiotaping for 5 days twice in two consecutive weeks with core exercise

Treatment:

Other: Kinesio tape

adhesive tape

Active Comparator group

Description:

It will include 24 women who will be treated by applying adhesive tape instead of kinesiotape for 5 days twice in two consecutive weeks with core exercise.

Treatment:

Other: Kinesio tape

Other: Core stability exercises