Is Kinesio Taping More Effective Than Medical Adhesive Tape in Patients With Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain?

Low Back Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Is Kinesio Taping More Effective Than Medical Adhesive Tape in Patients With Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain? A Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02007668
• Other study ID #: CAAE:16832013.9.0000.5512
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 30, 2013
• Last updated: December 5, 2013
• Start date: August 2013
• Est. completion date: November 2013

Study information

• Verified date: December 2013
• Source: Paulista University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Sixty patients will be randomized into three groups to receive the Kinesio taping, placebo Kinesio taping (medical adhesive tape) and control group. The group Kinesio taping receive the correct application of the method described. The placebo group will receive a medical adhesive tape. The control group will not receive any form of intervention.

Description:

The group Kinesio taping receive the correct application of the method described with tension paper off (10-15%). The placebo group will receive a medical adhesive tape. The control group will not receive any form of intervention.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: November 2013
• Est. primary completion date: August 2013
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 80 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients with non-specific low back pain longer than 3 months

• Seeking care for low back pain

Exclusion Criteria:

• Contra indications to any bandage

• Serious sinal pathologies (e.g. tumors, fractures and inflammatory diseases)

• Nerve roto compromise

• Pregnancy

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Back Pain
• Low Back Pain

Intervention

Other:
• Kinesio Taping
Kinesio taping intervention is based upon the use of specific elastic tapes (known as Kinesio Tex Gold) that are applied with a certain amount of tension fixed to the skin of patients with the target muscles in a stretched position. The tapes will be placed over the lumbar spine.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Brazil	Universidade Paulista - UNIP	Jundiaí	São Paulo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Paulista University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Brazil, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pain Intensity	Pain Intensity will be measured in 2 and 7 days after randomization by an 11-point (0-10) Numerical Rating Scale (Pain NRS)	2 days	No
Secondary	Disability	Disability associated with low back pain will be measured in 2 and 7 days after randomization by the 24-item Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire	2 days	No