Effectiveness of Kinesio Tapping for the Treatment of Patients With Acute Low Back Pain: A Randomized Control Trial

NCT05015842 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: DIR/KMU-ASR&B/EK/000678
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 56
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The objective of the study was to determine the effectiveness of Kinesio Taping (KT) for the treatment of patients with acute low back pain. In this study a total of 56 patients with acute low back pain were randomly allocated to the experimental group, KT along with conventional Physical therapy (PT), or the control group, conventional PT alone.

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Keywords

Low back pain, Kinesio tapping, conventional physical therapy, Oswestry disability index

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Pain intensity

  Pain was measured on numerical pain rating scale. it is a scale with score from 0 to 10 where 0 is no pain and 10 is maximum pain. The minimum score mean better outcome while higher score mean worse outcome. simply lesser the score better would be the outcome.

  2 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Functional Disability

  2 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Kinesio Tapping plus Conventional Physical Therapy - Experimental Group

EXPERIMENTAL

Both groups received conventional physical therapy treatment consisting of therapeutic exercise, heat therapy and manual therapy. All the patients received manual therapy techniques that including joint mobilization and therapeutic exercise that including piriformis stretching as well as bridging exercises to strengthen the core stability muscles (i.e., strengthening of transverses abdominis, erector spinae and lumbar multifidus). The KT was applied to the back once a week with a treatment duration of 2 weeks. Each KT was applied for continuous three days and the next KT was applied after a break of two days. Each participant in the experimental group was assessed for any allergy reaction of the skin to KT.

Other: Conventional Physical Therapy; Other: Kinesio Tapping

Conventional Physical Therapy alone - Control Group

OTHER

Both groups received conventional physical therapy treatment consisting of therapeutic exercise, heat therapy and manual therapy. All the patients received manual therapy techniques that including joint mobilization and therapeutic exercise that including piriformis stretching as well as bridging exercises to strengthen the core stability muscles (i.e., strengthening of transverses abdominis, erector spinae and lumbar multifidus).

Other: Conventional Physical Therapy

Interventions

Conventional Physical Therapy OTHER

This is a combine protocol of different therapeutic exercises and heat therapy.

Conventional Physical Therapy alone - Control Group; Kinesio Tapping plus Conventional Physical Therapy - Experimental Group

Kinesio Tapping OTHER

Kinesio Tapping is an adhesive and elastic fiber used for different outcomes like pain and swelling reduction among physical therapists.

Kinesio Tapping plus Conventional Physical Therapy - Experimental Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 60 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Both Genders
• Age between 18 and 60 years
• History of LBP less than

You may not qualify if:

• Patients having diagnosed conditions of spondylolisthesis, spondylosis, lumbar stenosis, spinal tumor, lumber fracture, renal disease and trauma were excluded from the study.
• Patients either with chronic LBP (duration more than 3 months) or contraindicated to KT (skin allergy or pre-existing skin lesion or infection) were also excluded.
• Female Pregnant patients were also excluded from the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• NCS University System: lead

Study Sites (1)

NCS University System, Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 25000, Pakistan

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Low Back Pain

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Back Pain; Pain; Neurologic Manifestations; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Dr. Haider Darain, PhD

  Khyber Medical University

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 13, 2021
• First Posted: August 20, 2021
• Study Start: January 2, 2019
• Primary Completion: April 11, 2019
• Study Completion: June 3, 2019
• Last Updated: August 20, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

PA (1)