Amanda Costa Araujo1, Patrícia do Carmo Silva Parreira2, Luiz Carlos Hespanhol Junior3, Tatiane Mota da Silva4, Maurício Antônio da Luz Junior5, Lucíola da Cunha Menezes Costa5, Leonardo Oliveira Pena Costa2. 1. Masters and Doctoral Programs in Physical Therapy, Universidade Cidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: mandaa_costa@hotmail.com. 2. Masters and Doctoral Programs in Physical Therapy, Universidade Cidade de São Paulo, Brazil; Musculoskeletal Division, The George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, Australia. 3. Masters and Doctoral Programs in Physical Therapy, Universidade Cidade de São Paulo, Brazil; Amsterdam Collaboration on Health and Safety in Sports, Department of Public & Occupational Health and the EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 4. Masters and Doctoral Programs in Physical Therapy, Universidade Cidade de São Paulo, Brazil; Department of Health Professions, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. 5. Masters and Doctoral Programs in Physical Therapy, Universidade Cidade de São Paulo, Brazil.
Abstract
BACKGROUND:Kinesio taping is a commonly used intervention for patients with chronic low back pain. However, the medium term effects of kinesio taping in these patients are unknown. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effectiveness of kinesio taping in patients with chronic low back pain after 6 months from randomization. METHODS: This was a randomized controlled trial with a 6 months follow up. One hundred and forty eight participants were randomly assigned to the experimental (kinesio taping with skin convolutions) or control (kinesio taping without convolutions-Sham Taping) group. Participants from both groups had the tape reapplied twice a week for four weeks. The outcomes were pain, disability and global impression of recovery after 6 months. RESULTS: One participant was lost to follow up in the experimental group (n=73, response rate 99%) and two in the control group (n=72, response rate 97%). After 6 months there were no statistically significant between-group differences in pain intensity (between-group difference -0.8 points, 95% CI -1.7 to 0.2), global impression of recovery (0.4, -0.7 to 1.5), or disability (-1.1, -3.0 to 0.7). CONCLUSION: Four weeks of kinesio taping treatment was no better than sham taping for patients with chronic low back pain, at 6 months follow-up. Trial Registration Number (http://www.ensaiosclinicos.gov.br/): RBR-7ggfkv (Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials).
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BACKGROUND: Kinesio taping is a commonly used intervention for patients with chronic low back pain. However, the medium term effects of kinesio taping in these patients are unknown. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effectiveness of kinesio taping in patients with chronic low back pain after 6 months from randomization. METHODS: This was a randomized controlled trial with a 6 months follow up. One hundred and forty eight participants were randomly assigned to the experimental (kinesio taping with skin convolutions) or control (kinesio taping without convolutions-Sham Taping) group. Participants from both groups had the tape reapplied twice a week for four weeks. The outcomes were pain, disability and global impression of recovery after 6 months. RESULTS: One participant was lost to follow up in the experimental group (n=73, response rate 99%) and two in the control group (n=72, response rate 97%). After 6 months there were no statistically significant between-group differences in pain intensity (between-group difference -0.8 points, 95% CI -1.7 to 0.2), global impression of recovery (0.4, -0.7 to 1.5), or disability (-1.1, -3.0 to 0.7). CONCLUSION: Four weeks of kinesio taping treatment was no better than sham taping for patients with chronic low back pain, at 6 months follow-up. Trial Registration Number (http://www.ensaiosclinicos.gov.br/): RBR-7ggfkv (Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials).
Authors: María Lourdes Peñalver-Barrios; Juan Francisco Lisón; Javier Ballester-Salvador; Julia Schmitt; Aida Ezzedinne-Angulo; María Dolores Arguisuelas; Julio Doménech Journal: PLoS One Date: 2021-05-13 Impact factor: 3.240