The Effect Of Kinesiotape Application In Chronic Low Back Pain

Firat University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Chronic Low-back Pain (cLBP)

Treatments: Other: Kinesiotape application; Other: Exercise

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06684145

163

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was conducted to determine the effects of kinesiotaping (KT) and sham KT applied with exercise program on clinical parameters such as pain, sleep, and quality of life in postmenopausal women with chronic low back pain. A randomized controlled experimental design, characteristic of quantitative research, was utilized. The subjects consisted of 60 postmenopausal women. The Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were used as data collection tools.

Full description

With rising life expectancy, women are expected to spend a third of their lives in the postmenopausal stage. Consequently, focusing research on postmenopausal women is considered crucial. This study was conducted to determine the effects of kinesiotaping (KT) and sham KT applied with exercise program on clinical parameters such as pain, sleep, and quality of life in postmenopausal women with chronic low back pain. A randomized controlled experimental design, characteristic of quantitative research, was utilized. The subjects consisted of 60 postmenopausal women. The Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were used as data collection tools.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Postmenopausal patients with chronic nonspecific mechanical low back pain for at least three months
• VAS score of at least 3

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with a neurologic deficit, history of lumbar surgery, inflammatory low back pain, spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, a history of cardiopulmonary disease preventing exercise, severe osteoporosis, or a skin infection in the application area

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

Kinesiotape application

Experimental group

Description:

Kinesiotape application will be performed by a certified researcher using 5cm x 5cm kinesiotape material. In addition to the kinesiotape application, patients will be given a 30-day home exercise program. This consists of passive lumbar flexion (single and double leg stretching), hamstring stretching, pelvic tilt, half sit-up, bridge, straight leg raises, and hip and back extensor strengthening exercises.

Treatment:

Other: Kinesiotape application

Control group

Other group

Description:

Exercise program will be performed to the control group

Treatment:

Other: Exercise