The Effect of Cervical Taping on Neck Pain and Kinematics in Patients With Chronic Neck Pain

NCT02915887 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: HillaUHaifa
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 27
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Objective: This study examined the effects of elastic tape applied to the neck on patients experiencing chronic neck pain. Background: Neck pain is often persistent or recurrent. Various treatments have been described, including exercises and manual therapy. Taping is commonly used clinically in the management of neck pain, however research in this field is sparse. Methods: Elastic tape was applied over the posterior cervical extensor muscles from insertion to origin on patients experiencing chronic neck pain. Patients were assessed pre-taping, immediately post-taping, and one week post-taping and did not receive additional physiotherapy during the study. Subjective measures included the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) for pain intensity, the Neck Disability Index (NDI) to determine the level of disability in daily living, and the Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK) to assess fear of movement or re-injury. Objective outcome measures included cervical range of motion, velocity, smoothness, and accuracy of cervical motion. These kinematic measures were collected using a customised virtual reality system designed to evaluate neck motion disorders.

Conditions

Neck Pain; Cervical Pain; Chronic Pain

Keywords

neck pain; chronic; taping; kinematics; motion analysis; physiotherapy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Self-reported pain intensity was measured by theVisual Analogue Scale (VAS, 0-100mm)

  The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) was used to measure neck pain intensity (0- 100mm).

  One week

• Cervical range of motion was measured by the neck VR system (ROM, degrees)

  Cervical range of motion was measured to four directions- flexion, extension, right and left rotation, during the VR assessment.

  One week

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Cervical motion accuracy was measured by the VR system (Accuracy, degrees).

  one week

• Self-reported disability was measured using the Neck Disability Index (NDI, 0-100%)

  One week

• Fear of movement was assessed using the TAMPA Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK, 0-68)

  One week

Study Arms (1)

cervical taping

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants received treatment including elastic taping application to the neck. They were assessed 3 times: Pre taping, 20 minutes post-taping on day 1, and 7 days post-taping.

Other: Cervical Taping

Interventions

Cervical Taping OTHER

Kinesio®Tex Tape 23 was used in this study. Two strips of tape were applied. The first layer was a Y-shaped strip with 2 tails on 2 sides of the cervical vertebrae, placed over the posterior cervical extensor muscles and applied from the insertion to origin. The second strip was an I-shaped approximately 20cm long, transversally applied over the C5-C7 vertebra with a tension-on-base technique in a space correction technique.

cervical taping

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Chronic neck pain (\>3 months), with or without referral to the upper limb;
• Age of 18 years or more;
• Pain intensity ≥ 30% on Visual Analogue Scale (VAS).

You may not qualify if:

• Subjects were excluded if they had physiotherapy in the previous 2 months, known skin allergy to the tape, evidence for active vestibular disorders, medical conditions that may affect performance such as Rheumatic Arthritis, Diabetes Mellitus, neurological disorders, head injuries, lower limb pathologies, local or systemic infections, inability to communicate and provide informed consent, unstable fracture/dislocation, post-orthopaedic surgery in the upper body or spine, and pregnancy.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Haifa: lead

Study Sites (1)

The Faculty of Social Welfare and Health Sciences

Haifa, Haifa District, 3498838, Israel

Location

Related Publications (8)

• Macdonald, Taping techniques principles and practice. second edition ed. 2004: Elsevier limited.

  BACKGROUND

• Gonzalez-Iglesias J, Fernandez-de-Las-Penas C, Cleland JA, Huijbregts P, Del Rosario Gutierrez-Vega M. Short-term effects of cervical kinesio taping on pain and cervical range of motion in patients with acute whiplash injury: a randomized clinical trial. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2009 Jul;39(7):515-21. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2009.3072.

  PMID: 19574662 BACKGROUND

• Kalichman L, Vered E, Volchek L. Relieving symptoms of meralgia paresthetica using Kinesio taping: a pilot study. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2010 Jul;91(7):1137-9. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.03.013.

  PMID: 20537313 BACKGROUND

• Karatas N, Bicici S, Baltaci G, Caner H. The effect of Kinesiotape application on functional performance in surgeons who have musculo-skeletal pain after performing surgery. Turk Neurosurg. 2012;22(1):83-9. doi: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.5377-11.1.

  PMID: 22274976 BACKGROUND

• Yoshida A, Kahanov L. The effect of kinesio taping on lower trunk range of motions. Res Sports Med. 2007 Apr-Jun;15(2):103-12. doi: 10.1080/15438620701405206.

  PMID: 17578750 BACKGROUND

• Halseth T, McChesney JW, Debeliso M, Vaughn R, Lien J. The effects of kinesio taping on proprioception at the ankle. J Sports Sci Med. 2004 Mar 1;3(1):1-7. eCollection 2004 Mar.

  PMID: 24497814 BACKGROUND

• Saavedra-Hernandez M, Castro-Sanchez AM, Arroyo-Morales M, Cleland JA, Lara-Palomo IC, Fernandez-de-Las-Penas C. Short-term effects of kinesio taping versus cervical thrust manipulation in patients with mechanical neck pain: a randomized clinical trial. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2012 Aug;42(8):724-30. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2012.4086. Epub 2012 Apr 20.

  PMID: 22523090 BACKGROUND

• Sarig Bahat H, Weiss PL, Laufer Y. The effect of neck pain on cervical kinematics, as assessed in a virtual environment. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2010 Dec;91(12):1884-90. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2010.09.007.

  PMID: 21112430 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Neck Pain; Chronic Pain; Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Organizing Pneumonia; Bronchiolitis Obliterans; Bronchiolitis; Bronchitis; Bronchial Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases; Lung Diseases, Obstructive; Lung Diseases; Graft vs Host Disease; Immune System Diseases

Study Officials

• Hilla Sarig Bahat, PT, PhD

  Department of Physical Therapy, University of Haifa

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Dr

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 18, 2016
• First Posted: September 27, 2016
• Study Start: January 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2015
• Study Completion: June 1, 2015
• Last Updated: September 27, 2016

Record last verified: 2016-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

IL (1)