The Effect of Kinesio Tape on Pain Management in Laparoscopic Gynecological Surgeries.

NCT06648811 | Completed FDA Device

• 1 other identifier: 2024/912
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 54
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

Kinesio tapes have been used in medicine to reduce pain in various situations. It is an easy applicable and effective tape. The possible affect of this tape will be assessed in patients undergoing gynecological laparoscopic surgeries.

Conditions

Gynecological Laparoscopy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Amount of perceived pain

  The amount of postoperative pain will be measured by using visual analogue scales (score ranges from 0 to 100 mm, higher scores indicate more pain)

  36 hours from the operation

Study Arms (2)

Study group

EXPERIMENTAL

Kinesio tape will be applied postoperatively to the patients in this group

Device: Pain management after surgery

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

These patients will only get routine postoperative management.

Interventions

Pain management after surgery DEVICE

Kinesio tapes will be applied to the patients in the study group after gynecological laparoscopic operations. The routine pain management will also be provided in these patients in addition to the kinesio tapes. Only postoperative pain management will be provided to the patients in the control group. The patients will be consisted of only the patients who will be operated laparoscopically for gynecological diseases.

Study group

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• being older than 18 years old female gender benign gynecologic conditions patients who underwent laparoscopic surgery patients who do not have any predisposing factors that aggreviate pain no history of malignancy no prior abdominal surgery patients who do not regularly take antiinflammatory medication patients who give permission to participate

You may not qualify if:

• being younger than 18 years old non-female gender having malignancies patients who underwent laparatomy patients with predisposing factors that aggrevate pain having prior abdominal surgery patients taking regular antiinflammatory medications who do not want to participate

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Mersin University: lead

Study Sites (2)

Mersin University

Mersin, 33110, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Mersin University

Mersin, 33343, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Ozdemir HN, Yildiz H, Ulger G, Akay K, Guvener O, Aytan H. The effect of Kinesio tape application on postoperative pain in patients undergoing laparoscopic gynecological surgery for benign reasons: a randomized controlled study. BMC Surg. 2025 Dec 9. doi: 10.1186/s12893-025-03414-6. Online ahead of print.

  PMID: 41361306 DERIVED

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor, M.D.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 10, 2024
• First Posted: October 18, 2024
• Study Start: October 15, 2024
• Primary Completion: February 1, 2025
• Study Completion: February 1, 2025
• Last Updated: October 22, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-10

Locations

TU (2)