Effectiveness of Kinesio Tapping for the Treatment of Patients With Acute Low Back Pain: A Randomized Control Trial

Low Back Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effectiveness of Kinesio Tapping for the Treatment of Patients With Acute Low Back Pain: A Randomized Control Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05015842
• Other study ID #: DIR/KMU-ASR&B/EK/000678
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: January 2, 2019
• Est. completion date: June 3, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: August 2021
• Source: NCS University System
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The objective of the study was to determine the effectiveness of Kinesio Taping (KT) for the treatment of patients with acute low back pain.

In this study a total of 56 patients with acute low back pain were randomly allocated to the experimental group, KT along with conventional Physical therapy (PT), or the control group, conventional PT alone.

Description:

The objective of the study was to determine the effectiveness of Kinesio Taping (KT) for the treatment of patients with acute low back pain.

In this study a total of 56 patients with acute low back pain were randomly allocated to the experimental group, KT along with conventional Physical therapy (PT), or the control group, conventional PT alone. 28 Patients received KT in addition to conventional PT while 28 patients received conventional PT alone for two weeks. Oswestry disability index (ODI) and numeric pain rating scale (NPRS) were used for the measurement of outcomes.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 56
• Est. completion date: June 3, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: April 11, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Both Genders

• Age between 18 and 60 years

• History of LBP less than

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients having diagnosed conditions of spondylolisthesis, spondylosis, lumbar stenosis, spinal tumor, lumber fracture, renal disease and trauma were excluded from the study.

• Patients either with chronic LBP (duration more than 3 months) or contraindicated to KT (skin allergy or pre-existing skin lesion or infection) were also excluded.

• Female Pregnant patients were also excluded from the study.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Back Pain
• Low Back Pain

Intervention

Other:
• Conventional Physical Therapy
This is a combine protocol of different therapeutic exercises and heat therapy.
• Kinesio Tapping
Kinesio Tapping is an adhesive and elastic fiber used for different outcomes like pain and swelling reduction among physical therapists.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Pakistan	NCS University System, Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation	Peshawar	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
NCS University System

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Pakistan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pain intensity	Pain was measured on numerical pain rating scale. it is a scale with score from 0 to 10 where 0 is no pain and 10 is maximum pain. The minimum score mean better outcome while higher score mean worse outcome. simply lesser the score better would be the outcome.	2 weeks
Secondary	Functional Disability	Functional disability was measured using Oswestry Disability Index (ODI. ODI score was converted to percentage so the score ranges from 0% to 100%. Where 0% mean no disability and 100 mean very severe (maximum) disability. The minimum score mean better outcome while higher score mean worse outcome. simply lesser the score better would be the outcome.	2 weeks