KT on Low Back Pain Patients

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Low Back Pain

Treatments: Other: Rigid Tape; Other: Functional elastic tape non-tensioned; Other: Functional elastic tape tensioned

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03463200

LBM2018

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aim evaluates the effect of Kinesio Taping (KT) on back muscle fatigue of low back pain patients, analysing the electromyography activity of longissimus muscle (median frequency) and the sustained time during a fatigue test (Ito test).

Full description

Individuals with low back pain usually have poor back muscles endurance, which may be improved with the application of Kinesio Taping. The aim of this study is evaluate the effect of Kinesio Taping on back muscle fatigue of low back pain patients. Sixty-four women, between 18 to 50 years old, with chronic nonspecific Low Back Pain will attend this study. They will be randomly assigned in four different groups: control group (CG), KT with tension group (KTT), KT no tension group (KTNT) and Micropore® group (MP) and submitted to three evaluations: pre, three and ten days after intervention, analysing the electromyography activity of longissimus muscle and the sustained time during a fatigue test. The variables analysed during the evaluations will be median frequency (MP) slope of longuissimus muscle and sustained time during the Ito test.

Enrollment: 64 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 50 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Female between 18 and 50 years of age with chronic nonspecific low back pain for more than three months.

Exclusion criteria

• Serious spinal pathologies (fractures, tumors, and inflammatory pathologies such as ankylosing spondylitis);
• Nerve root compromise (disc herniation and spondylolisthesis with neurological compromise, spinal stenosis, and others);
• Fibromyalgia
• Corticosteroid treatment in the previous two weeks;
• Antiinflammatory treatment in the previous 24 hours;
• Contraindications to the use of Kinesio Taping (allergy or intolerance);
• Score of two or less on Visual Analogue Scale of the first day;
• Pregnancy;
• Previous Kinesio Tape therapy on lumbar.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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64 participants in 4 patient groups

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

It will not apply any tape.

Experimental group 1

Experimental group

Description:

Apply the KT with tension in the erector spine muscles.

Treatment:

Other: Functional elastic tape tensioned

Experimental group 2

Experimental group

Description:

Apply the KT without tension in the erector spine muscles.

Treatment:

Other: Functional elastic tape non-tensioned

Experimental group 3

Experimental group

Description:

Apply Micropore tape in the erector spine muscles.

Treatment:

Other: Rigid Tape