Impact of Kinesiotaping Application on Pelvic Girdle Pain in Pregnant Women

NCT ID: NCT07292701

Last Updated: 2025-12-18

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 72 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-06-01
• Study Completion Date: 2025-06-01

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to determine the effect kiensio taping in relieving pelvic girdle pain during pregnancy in terms of decrease pain and improving function and quality of life.

Detailed Description

Severity of pelvic girdle pain can be different, as a result of the progress of the disorders and subjective feeling of pain. According to Kanakaris an average severity of pain in pelvic girdle pain is 50-60 mm scale visual analogue scale. Results may vary according to different factors such as; pregnancy stage, age of the pregnant women, different body mass index. Beyond the discomfort and pain, pelvic girdle pain can also limit the performance of the activities of daily living such as; bending, lifting, sitting, sleeping, housework, long walking, and standing and thus adversely affect the quality of life of pregnant women. Unfortunately, the options for pain therapy in pregnant women are significantly limited due to the possible danger to both mother and fetus. Most of the standard drugs used affect the fetus and are not recommended, especially for long-term treatment.

There is very little clinical experience and only limited documentation for effectiveness of Kinesio taping on pelvic girdle pain during pregnancy. Because the existing treatments for pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain are not adequately known and are not found to be reliable by patients and clinicians. Kinesio taping may be a potential treatment if it is an effective and tolerable method. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to determine the influence of Kinesio taping pelvic girdle pain in pregnant women

Conditions

Pelvic Girdle Pain; Kinesiotaping; Pregnancy Complications

Study Design

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

Study Groups

core exercise

It included 24 women who will be treated by doing core exercise only.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Core stability exercises

Intervention Type: OTHER

All participants will do core exercise. The control group (Group A) received no additional treatment. The core exercises were in form exercises that promote bracing or excessively increasing trunk muscle activation Popular core stability exercise programs commonly focus on bracing or activating the trunk muscles that are believed to support the spine. This includes exercises such as: crunches, planks, bird-dogs

kinesiotaping

It will include 24 women who will be treated by applying kinesiotaping for 5 days twice in two consecutive weeks with core exercise

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Kinesio tape

Intervention Type: OTHER

Kinesio taping is a drug-free elastic therapeutic technique developed by Dr. Kenso Kase in the 1970s, utilized for treating various musculoskeletal issues, including pain and dysfunction. It is known for having no side effects, contributing to its popularity among practitioners. In a study, participants underwent five days of Kinesio taping applied by the same therapist, focusing on the lumbar region of pregnant women. The tape used was an elastic, waterproof material that allows for motion, applied in specific vertical and horizontal configurations to alleviate lumbar and pelvic girdle pain.

adhesive tape

It will include 24 women who will be treated by applying adhesive tape instead of kinesiotape for 5 days twice in two consecutive weeks with core exercise.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Kinesio tape

Intervention Type: OTHER

Kinesio taping is a drug-free elastic therapeutic technique developed by Dr. Kenso Kase in the 1970s, utilized for treating various musculoskeletal issues, including pain and dysfunction. It is known for having no side effects, contributing to its popularity among practitioners. In a study, participants underwent five days of Kinesio taping applied by the same therapist, focusing on the lumbar region of pregnant women. The tape used was an elastic, waterproof material that allows for motion, applied in specific vertical and horizontal configurations to alleviate lumbar and pelvic girdle pain.

Core stability exercises

Intervention Type: OTHER

All participants will do core exercise. The control group (Group A) received no additional treatment. The core exercises were in form exercises that promote bracing or excessively increasing trunk muscle activation Popular core stability exercise programs commonly focus on bracing or activating the trunk muscles that are believed to support the spine. This includes exercises such as: crunches, planks, bird-dogs

Interventions

Kinesio tape

Kinesio taping is a drug-free elastic therapeutic technique developed by Dr. Kenso Kase in the 1970s, utilized for treating various musculoskeletal issues, including pain and dysfunction. It is known for having no side effects, contributing to its popularity among practitioners. In a study, participants underwent five days of Kinesio taping applied by the same therapist, focusing on the lumbar region of pregnant women. The tape used was an elastic, waterproof material that allows for motion, applied in specific vertical and horizontal configurations to alleviate lumbar and pelvic girdle pain.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Core stability exercises

All participants will do core exercise. The control group (Group A) received no additional treatment. The core exercises were in form exercises that promote bracing or excessively increasing trunk muscle activation Popular core stability exercise programs commonly focus on bracing or activating the trunk muscles that are believed to support the spine. This includes exercises such as: crunches, planks, bird-dogs

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Age: 18-36 years old.
• Gestational age: 10-34 week of pregnancy.
• Low back pain experienced anywhere from T12 to the gluteal fold without leg pain, and at least moderate pain intensity (scoring ≥4 on visual analogue scale)
• At least one positive test out of three applied, which are Long Dorsal Ligament Test (modified for pregnant women), Posterior Pelvic Pain Provocation (4P), and Trendelenburg test (modified for pregnant women).
• Negative Straight Leg Raise test

Exclusion Criteria

• History of abortion
• pregnancy of twins
• previous of pelvic injury.
• Skin previous injury in the lumbosacral area.
• Positive Straight Leg Raise test
• Negative diagnostic tests for pelvic girdle pain
• Chronic pelvic diseases.
• History of allergies to material of kinesiotape.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 36 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Cairo University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Walaa Ibrahim mohamed abdou

principal investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

out-patient clinic, faculty of physical therapy, Cairo university

Cairo, , Egypt

Countries

Egypt

Other Identifiers

P.T.REC/012/005903

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id