The Effect Of Kinesiotape Application In Chronic Low Back Pain

NCT ID: NCT06684145

Last Updated: 2024-11-12

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-03-10
• Study Completion Date: 2024-09-20

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

Chronic Low-back Pain (cLBP)

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Kinesiotape application

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.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Kinesiotape application

Intervention Type: OTHER

Kinesiotape application will be performed by a certified researcher using 5cm x 5cm kinesiotape material. The standing patient, prepared in terms of clothing and skin, will be asked to lean forward. While adhering the tape to the right paravertebral region, the lower end of the tape will be adhered 7 cm below the sacroiliac joint at the level of the paravertebral muscles. The patient, still leaning forward, will be then asked to make a slight rotation to the left; in this position, the tape will be adhered upwards on the paravertebral muscles without any tension. For the left paravertebral region, the procedure will be reversed as compared to the right, ensuring that the tape was not stretched at all.

Control group

Exercise program will be performed to the control group

Group Type: OTHER

Exercise

Intervention Type: OTHER

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.

Interventions

Kinesiotape application

Kinesiotape application will be performed by a certified researcher using 5cm x 5cm kinesiotape material. The standing patient, prepared in terms of clothing and skin, will be asked to lean forward. While adhering the tape to the right paravertebral region, the lower end of the tape will be adhered 7 cm below the sacroiliac joint at the level of the paravertebral muscles. The patient, still leaning forward, will be then asked to make a slight rotation to the left; in this position, the tape will be adhered upwards on the paravertebral muscles without any tension. For the left paravertebral region, the procedure will be reversed as compared to the right, ensuring that the tape was not stretched at all.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Exercise

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.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Firat University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Muhammet Sahin Elbasti

Head of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation Department

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Muhammet Şahin Elbastı

Elâzığ, Elâzığ, Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

163

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id