The Effect of Kinesio® Tex Application on Pain, Functionality, Sleep Quality and Work Performance in Drivers

Uskudar University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Back Pain; Occupational Diseases; Neck Pain

Treatments: Other: exercise; Other: taping

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06003842

Uskudar73

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was planned to examine the effect of Kinesio® Tex application on pain, functionality, sleep quality and work performance in drivers experiencing neck-back pain.

Full description

50 active drivers will be included in the study. The drivers included in the study will be randomly divided into two groups as exercise group and taping group. The home exercise program will be visually explained to both groups and the exercises will be sent to the participants as video. Kinesio® Tex will also be applied to the banding group. Evaluations will be made before treatment and after 6 weeks of treatment. Within the scope of the evaluation, demographic information of the patients, work experience, daily working time, dominant hand, education information (university / high school), type of vehicle used, habit of leaning elbow on the left window, diseases and drugs used, smoking and alcohol use, given after mutual interview will be obtained by recording the answers. Joint range of motion, manual muscle test, pain severity of the individuals participating in the study with the Visual Analog Scale, neck functionality assessment with the Neck Disability Indicator, back functionality assessment with the Quebec Back-Low Back Pain Disability Scale, sleep quality assessment with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, work performance assessment To be assessed by the Work Role Functioning Questionnaire

Enrollment: 44 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Volunteering to participate in the study Having signed the voluntary consent form.
• Being between the ages of 18-65
• Working in home health services for at least 2 years
• Reporting symptoms of localized pain and discomfort in the neck-back region lasting at least 1 week in the last 12 months

Exclusion criteria

• The participant's wish to terminate the study
• Receiving physical therapy for neck-back pain in the last 3 months
• Findings such as pins and needles, numbness and tingling in the upper extremity
• Having an allergy to taping
• Presence of a known specific disease that may cause chronic neck-back pain (nerve root compression, postoperative condition in the neck and shoulder regions, peripheral entrapment neuropathy, cervical spine anomaly, severe neck trauma such as whiplash, malignancy, migraine).
• Alcohol and drug addiction
• Psychological conditions that may cause physical burden and recent major operations
• Presence of a skin disease that will affect the neck and back area

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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44 participants in 2 patient groups

control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

The exercise program to be given to the participants consists of stretching, strengthening and postural exercises for the muscles in the neck-back region. While doing the posture exercises, the participants will be asked to do the exercises in front of the mirror in order to correct the wrong postural posture and to provide relaxation.

Treatment:

Other: exercise

taping group

Experimental group

Description:

In addition to the exercises, the Kinesio® Tex taping application will remain on the body for 4 days, and then it will be applied 6 times in total, with a 3-day break.

Treatment:

Other: exercise

Other: taping