Kinesio Taping on Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain

Low Back Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of Kinesio Taping on Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02550457
• Other study ID #: 056666/2015
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: September 2015
• Est. completion date: March 2017

Study information

• Verified date: May 2018
• Source: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study propose analyze the effects of Kinesio Taping® in chronic nonspecific low back pain. All the subjects will be submitted to an evaluation of the painful sensation, functional performance, trunk range of motion and neuromuscular performance at three different times.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 108
• Est. completion date: March 2017
• Est. primary completion date: March 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 50 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Female between 18 and 50 years of age with chronic nonspecific low back pain for more than three months.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Serious spinal pathologies (fractures, tumors, and inflammatory pathologies such as ankylosing spondylitis);

• Nerve root compromise (disc herniation and spondylolisthesis with neurological compromise, spinal stenosis, and others);

• Fibromyalgia

• Corticosteroid treatment in the previous two weeks;

• Antiinflammatory treatment in the previous 24 hours;

• Contraindications to the use of Kinesio Taping (allergy or intolerance);

• Score of two or less on Visual Analogue Scale of the first day;

• Pregnancy;

• Previous Kinesio Tape therapy on lumbar.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Back Pain
• Low Back Pain

Intervention

Other:
• Functional elastic tape tensioned
Application of Kinesio Taping with tension in the erector spine muscles.
• Functional elastic tape non-tensioned
Application of Kinesio Taping without tension in the erector spine muscles.
• Rigid Tape
Application of Micropore tape in the erector spine muscles.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte	Natal	Rio Grande Do Norte

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Painful sensation	Pain sensation measured by pain numerical rating scale	Evaluation of pain sensation three days after the application of the tape.