Impact of Kinesio Taping on Kyphosis and Quality of Life in Adolescents

NCT06246474 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: P.T.REC/012/004905
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 40
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Kyphosis, a posture disorder, is excessive curvature of the thoracic area in the spine. In a healthy person, there is a normal kyphosis angulation in the thoracic and sacral areas in the sagittal plane. Since the sacral area is more stable, pathological conditions generally occur in the thoracic area. Kyphosis causes a bowing of the back, which leads to a hunchback or slouching posture. Normal values for the thoracic kyphosis are between 20˚ and 40˚ of angulations. When the curve of the thoracic spine exceeds this, it is described as either a postural kyphosis or Scheuermann\'s kyphosis. The study question is: Does kinesio taping have an effect on kyphosis and quality of life in adolescents?

Conditions

Kyphosis; Kyphosis Thoracic; Kyphosis Postural Thoracic

Keywords

kyphosis; postural kyphosis; Forward head posture; Adolseccent

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• cobbs angle x-ray for selection of the patient

  Full length AP (anterior/ posterior, front/ back ) film x-ray will be taken of the spinal column ,these x- rays will be used to determine curve flexibility and evaluate vertebral wedging and end plate irregularities

  2 months

• inclinometer for selection patients of kyphotic curve measurements

  Two gravity-dependent inclinometers (Isomed, Inc, USA) will be used. The feet of the inclinometers were 2.5 cm apart, which remained constant for all subjects, manual inclinometer probes, the two MEMS sensors are mounted 90 degree

  2 months

• modified baseline goniometer for FHP angle's measurement

  The modified goniometer is a simple and cost-effective modification of the universal goniometer; it has an excellent reliability and validity method for objectively assessing forward head posture.

  2 months

• quality of life questionnaire (PEDS) for quality of life

  Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) Module3.0 will be used to assess QOL of all adolescents. Arabic version will be used in this study (Shemy et al., 2019) (Appendix III). The parent will be asked about the grade of the problem of each item that the adolescents had in the past month.

  2 months

• Tape measurment for chest expansion range of motion.

  Tape measurment for chest expansion range of motion.

  2 months

Study Arms (2)

control group (A)

NO INTERVENTION

Adolescents in control group (A) will received a designed physical therapy program for the treatment of thoracic kyphosis

group (B)

EXPERIMENTAL

Adolescents in study group (B) will received the same designed physical therapy program for the control group in addition to Kinesio taping.

Procedure: physical therapy program

Interventions

physical therapy program PROCEDURE

Arm Description: Adolescents in study group (B) will received the same designed physical therapy program for the control group in addition to Kinesio taping.

Also known as: Kinesio taping

group (B)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 15 Years - 18 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Their age will be ranged from 15 to 18 years.
• They will have forward head posture.
• They will have postural kyphosis with Cobb\'s angle more than 45 degree.
• Their body mass index of female adolescents will be ranged between (19.5 - 20.7)

You may not qualify if:

• Visual or hearing defects.
• Congenital anomalies in spine region.
• Fractures of upper limb.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Cairo University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Faculty of physical therapy

Cairo, Egypt

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Kyphosis

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Spinal Curvatures; Spinal Diseases; Bone Diseases; Musculoskeletal Diseases

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, CARE PROVIDER
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PHD student

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 30, 2024
• First Posted: February 7, 2024
• Study Start: January 1, 2024
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2024
• Study Completion: April 1, 2024
• Last Updated: February 7, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-01

Locations

EG (1)