Effect of Kinesiotaping on Postpartum Pelvic Girdle Pain

NCT ID: NCT06705933

Last Updated: 2025-08-12

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-11-27
• Study Completion Date: 2025-04-30

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of kinesiotaping on pelvic girdle pain in postpartum women.

Detailed Description

Pregnancy-related pain in the SIJ, lumbosacral region, pubic symphysis, or in any combination of these joints has been coined as pelvic girdle pain (PGP) and has been estimated to affect almost half of all pregnant women. Women with PGP have an increased risk of prenatal anxiety, depressive symptoms and postpartum depression compared with healthy pregnant women.

Kinesio Taping is rehabilitative technique used to facilitate the body's natural healing process while providing support and stability to muscles and joints, without restricting their range of motion. Enhanced rehabilitation is thought to be the effect of stimulated reactivation, proprioceptive training, reduced pain, stimulation of correct movement patterns, and reduction of muscle imbalance.

Kinesio Taping (KT) method has been used to decrease and prevent pain in women suffering from pregnancy related low back pain because of increased muscle relaxation while taping is applied. However, there is lack of knowledge regarding the effect of kinesiotaping on PGP in postpartum women.

Therefore, this study will be conducted to provide physiotherapists with a scientific updated knowledge, concerning the effect of kinesiotaping on pain, level of disability and lumbar flexion and extension ROM in pelvic girdle pain in postpartum women, aiming to improve ADLs of postpartum women. This study may expand the role of physiotherapy in women's health

Conditions

Pelvic Girdle Pain

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Core stability exercise and myofascial release group

The participants will receive core stability exercise and myofascial release for 20 min three times per week for 8 weeks.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Core stability exercise

Intervention Type: OTHER

Lumbo-pelvic stabilizing exercises (posterior pelvic tilt, bilateral hip abduction, bilateral knee raise, bridging, hip shrugging) will be performed three times per week for eight weeks.

Myofascial release

Intervention Type: OTHER

The participants will receive myofascial release technique for 20 min for 3 times per week for 8 weeks.

Kinesiotaping, in addition to core stability exercise and myofascial release group

The participants will receive kinesiotaping, in addition to core stability exercise and myofascial release for 8 weeks

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Core stability exercise

Intervention Type: OTHER

Lumbo-pelvic stabilizing exercises (posterior pelvic tilt, bilateral hip abduction, bilateral knee raise, bridging, hip shrugging) will be performed three times per week for eight weeks.

Myofascial release

Intervention Type: OTHER

The participants will receive myofascial release technique for 20 min for 3 times per week for 8 weeks.

Kinesiotaping

Intervention Type: OTHER

The participants will receive Kinesio-Taping over the sacroiliac joint and the hip region. Following a test trial of a small patch for 24 hours, they will be instructed to keep the tape on for 48 hours (it will be replaced after 48 hours) . It will be applied for 8 weeks.

Interventions

Core stability exercise

Lumbo-pelvic stabilizing exercises (posterior pelvic tilt, bilateral hip abduction, bilateral knee raise, bridging, hip shrugging) will be performed three times per week for eight weeks.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Myofascial release

The participants will receive myofascial release technique for 20 min for 3 times per week for 8 weeks.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Kinesiotaping

The participants will receive Kinesio-Taping over the sacroiliac joint and the hip region. Following a test trial of a small patch for 24 hours, they will be instructed to keep the tape on for 48 hours (it will be replaced after 48 hours) . It will be applied for 8 weeks.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• All post-partum women < 4 months postnatal having pelvic girdle pain.
• They will be diagnosed using Faber test, and active straight leg raising test.
• Their ages will range from 25 to 35 years.
• Their body mass index (BMI) less than 30 kg/ m².

Exclusion Criteria

• Pregnant women or planning for pregnancy.
• Cardiovascular diseases.
• Previous spinal surgery.
• History of skeletal deformity.
• Participation at any other exercise training program during this study

• Minimum Eligible Age: 25 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 35 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Cairo University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Mariam Sobhy Kamal mohareb

Principal investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Elham Hassan, PHD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Cairo University

Abeer Eldeeb, Professor

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Cairo University

Locations

Mariam Sobhy kamal

Cairo, , Egypt

Countries

Egypt

Other Identifiers

P.T.REC/012/005017

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id