The Effect of Kinesio Taping Application for Dysmenorrhea

Dysmenorrhea Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Kinesio Taping Application for Dysmenorrhea: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02663050
• Other study ID #: Mustafa
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 19, 2016
• Last updated: February 26, 2016
• Start date: February 2016
• Est. completion date: April 2016

Study information

• Verified date: February 2016
• Source: Gulhane Military Medical Academy
• Contact: Mustafa Öztürk, M.D.
• Phone: +905358333956
• Email: drmozturk[@]gmail.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Turkey: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Dysmenorrhea is a common symptom in daily practice of gynecology. Different kind of treatment strategies are being held. But invasive and pharmacological therapies have good outcome with systemic side effects. Kinesio taping is being widely used in different pain conditions. Kinesio taping is a noninvasive and nonpharmacological, easy-to-use intervention method which can be used in outpatient practice without systemic side effects.

Description:

Dysmenorrhea is a kind of visceral pain that result of peritoneal irritation. It is so common in gynecological outpatient practice. Most of treatment is based pharmacological treatments as NSAIDs, oral contraceptives with many side effects. Kinesio taping is widely used for musculoskeletal parenchymal pain like sports related injuries. As in other complementary treatment methods like acupuncture and acupressure; pain carrying unmyelinated thin pain fibers are blocked by touch sensation carrying myelinated thick fibers which is stimulated by acupressure(gate control theory by Melzack), kinesio taping blocks the pain fibers that comes from same spinal level. So it can be used easily and instantly for dismenore

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 150
• Est. completion date: April 2016
• Est. primary completion date: March 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 40 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Dysmenorrhea

Exclusion Criteria:

• pregnancy

• surgical abdominal emergency

• metabolic or inflammatory illnesses or cardiovascular diseases,

• endocrine disorders such as diabetes, thyroid disorders, androgen excess (hyperprolactinemia, uncontrolled thyroid disease, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, Cushing's syndrome, androgen-secreting tumor),

• smokers

• using pharmaceutical agents such as anti-inflammatory agents that could possibly impact on endocrine and liver enzymes

• musculoskeletal pain

• inguinal hernia

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Dysmenorrhea

Intervention

Other:
• Kinesio taping
Patients will be taped for four days , it will start at the begining of the Dysmenorrhea

Drug:
• NSAID's
twice a daily

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Gulhane Military Medical Academy

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Visual analog scale	At the begining of the Dysmenorrhea before taping we will measure the VAS level (pretreatment)and 4 days after taping we will measure the second VAS level (after treatment)	0- 4th day	No