Effects of Bandaging and Kinesiotaping® in Patients With Total Knee Arthroplasty

NCT ID: NCT05847725

Last Updated: 2023-05-09

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 30 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2015-05-31
• Study Completion Date: 2016-12-31

Brief Summary

The study aimed to compare the effectiveness of elastic bandaging, Kinesio taping, and short stretch bandaging techniques on postoperative pain, edema, and functional level in the early stage after total knee arthroplasty.

Detailed Description

The study was conducted on 30 volunteer subjects who underwent unilateral total knee arthroplasty surgery. Thirty participants who underwent unilateral total knee arthroplasty were divided into the Elastic Bandage Group (n=10), Kinesio Tape group (n=10), and Short Stretch Bandage group (n=10). All treatments were stopped on the eighth day. All measurements taken preoperatively were repeated postoperative 1st, 3rd, 5th, 8th, 14th, 28th days, 6th week, and 3rd month. The functional level was measured in the sixth week and third month.

Conditions

Knee Osteoarthritis

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: SUPPORTIVE_CARE
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Elastic bandaging

Patients who have undergone TKA for primary knee OA

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Elastic bandaging

Intervention Type: OTHER

The bandages were wrapped circularly along the extremity from the toes to the groin, drawing an "8" at the ankle with a 50% overlap rate, starting with 80% tension and decreasing the pressure proximally.

Short stretch bandaging

Patients who have undergone TKA for primary knee OA

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Short stretch bandaging

Intervention Type: OTHER

Short tension bandage application was started on postoperative day 1 following the removal of the drains. According to the width of the extremity, using short tension bandages of 6, 8 and 10 cm width, starting from the sole of the foot, the first layer was wrapped circularly with 50% overlapping rate, 80% tension, and wrapped from the sole of the foot to the groin.

Kinesio taping

Patients who have undergone TKA for primary knee OA

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Kinesio taping

Intervention Type: OTHER

Kinesio taping was applied in the form of a fan by cutting into 4 longitudinal pieces using the lymphatic correction technique with 15-20% tension, starting from the periphery of the inguinal lymph nodes on the medial, anterior and lateral of the leg, following the removal of the drains from the 1st post-op day.

Interventions

Elastic bandaging

The bandages were wrapped circularly along the extremity from the toes to the groin, drawing an "8" at the ankle with a 50% overlap rate, starting with 80% tension and decreasing the pressure proximally.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Short stretch bandaging

Short tension bandage application was started on postoperative day 1 following the removal of the drains. According to the width of the extremity, using short tension bandages of 6, 8 and 10 cm width, starting from the sole of the foot, the first layer was wrapped circularly with 50% overlapping rate, 80% tension, and wrapped from the sole of the foot to the groin.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Kinesio taping

Kinesio taping was applied in the form of a fan by cutting into 4 longitudinal pieces using the lymphatic correction technique with 15-20% tension, starting from the periphery of the inguinal lymph nodes on the medial, anterior and lateral of the leg, following the removal of the drains from the 1st post-op day.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• 60 years or older patients who had undergone unilateral TKA surgery for primary knee osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and posttraumatic arthritis.

Exclusion Criteria

• Body mass index greater than or equal to 35 kg/m2,
• Having a neurological or peripheral vascular disease,
• Having a contraindication condition for compression application (e.g., acute cellulitis, arterial insufficiency, unstable heart disease, acute deep vein thrombosis), and kinesio taping application (e.g., presence of active infectious, lymphedema and/ or cancer history)

• Minimum Eligible Age: 60 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 85 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Hacettepe University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Gursoy Coskun

Associate Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Gürsoy Coşkun, Assoc. Prof

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Hacettepe University

Other Identifiers

HU-15/666-21

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id