The Effect of Kinesiology Taping on Lumbar Region Structures and Balance in Transfemoral Amputees

Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Status: Completed

Conditions: Transfemoral Amputees; Kinesiology Taping

Treatments: Other: Shame Kinesiology Tape; Other: Kinesiology taping; Other: Six minutes walking test

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04644991

20/100

Details and patient eligibility

About

With the initiation of prosthesis use following lower extremity amputations, the body shows biomechanical changes according to the amputation level, and as a result, it develops adaptation mechanisms on both the healthy and ampute sides. It has been reported that the most common secondary pathology caused by these mechanisms developed to compensate the amputated side is lower back pain and adaptation mechanisms vary according to the presence of pain. Adaptation strategies in transfemoral amputees cause permanent changes in the connective tissue structure properties of the toracolumbar region and reduce the contribution of these structures to dynamic stability. It has been reported that with the fascia correction technique, one of the kinesiological taping techniques, the connective tissue fiber alignment can be rearranged and the degree of stiffness can be reduced. Before the intervention, biomechanical properties of the toracolumbar region structures with MyotonPro and postural stability measurements with TekScan will be taken.

Enrollment: 26 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being between the ages of 18-60
• Having unilateral transfemoral amputation
• Using prosthesis for at least 6 months
• Good prosthesis comfort

Exclusion criteria

• Body mass index>30
• Having a history of surgery in the lumbar region in past 6 months
• Participating in a physiotherapy and rehabilitation program for a low back pain past six months
• Neurological and / or orthopedic disorders other than amputation
• Having low back pain for at least 3 months before amputation

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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26 participants in 2 patient groups

Kinesiotape

Experimental group

Description:

Experimental group consisting of transfemoral amputees who kinesiology tape will be applied

Treatment:

Other: Kinesiology taping

Other: Six minutes walking test

ShamKinesiotape

Sham Comparator group

Description:

The placebo group of transfemoral amputees who shame kinesiology tape will be applied

Treatment:

Other: Shame Kinesiology Tape

Other: Six minutes walking test