Changes on Pain and Range of Motion by the Use of Kinesio Taping in Patients Diagnosed With Cervical Pain

Mobility Limitation Clinical Trial

Official title:

Changes on Pain and Range of Motion by the Use of Kinesio Taping in With Its Corrective of Space Variant on Upper Trapezius Muscle in Patients Diagnosed With Cervical Pain

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02913976
• Other study ID #: CEU Cardenal Herrera
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: September 18, 2016
• Last updated: December 21, 2016
• Start date: October 2016
• Est. completion date: December 2016

Study information

• Verified date: September 2016
• Source: Cardenal Herrera University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Spain: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study is to demonstrate that the application of Kinesio Taping on a myofascial trigger point in the trapezius muscle able to cause a decrease of the pain and an increase of the cervical range of motion in patients diagnosed with cervical pain.

Description:

The use of Kinesio Taping has become very popular for the treatment of many musculoskeletal disorders in recent decades. Of the six variants of application that has the Kinesio Taping, the space correction technique is suggested for pain management. The increased space achieved with this variant decreases the pressure by raising the skin directly over the treatment area, reducing chemical irritation receptors and therefore pain. The aim of this study is to demonstrate that the application of this variant of Kinesio Taping on a myofascial trigger point in the trapezius muscle able to cause a decrease of the pain and an increase of the cervical range of motion in patients diagnosed with cervical pain. For this, the pressure pain threshold will be measured with a algometer on the trigger point, the perception of pain with a visual analog scale and the range of motion with a cervical goniometer.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: December 2016
• Est. primary completion date: November 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Agree to participate in the study (signed informed consent)

• Presence of active myofascial trigger point in upper trapezius.

• Presence of neck pain

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subjects in which not clearly identified myofascial trigger point in the upper trapezius .

• Subjects who suffer or have suffered pathologies of upper limb deformities or orthopedic injuries that can alter static and biomechanics of shoulder and neck.

• Subjects who suffer or have suffered rheumatic or neurological disease or chronic shoulder pain and/or neck

• Subjects diagnosed with fibromyalgia, myelopathy or radiculopathy.

• Subjects suffering from any psychiatric disorder (such as anxiety or depression).

• Subjects who have suffered post-traumatic alteration (whiplash type) or cervical surgery.

• Pregnancy risk of abortion.

• Have used analgesics in the 48 hours before participating in the study

• Subjects presenting any contraindications to the application of Kinesio Taping.

• Know the Kinesio Taping technique applied in the study.

• Be receiving physical therapy for any shoulder or neck pathology.

Study Design

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

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Mobility Limitation
• Myofascial Pain Syndromes
• Myofascial Trigger Point Pain
• Neck Pain

Intervention

Device:
• Kinesio Taping
Four Kinesio Taping strips will be placed with tension on skin forming an asterisk. The point of intersection of the four strips will be just above the myofascial trigger point. The subject will remain three days with the strips on his skin
• Sham Kinesio Taping
Four Kinesio Taping strips will be placed without tension on skin forming an asterisk. The point of intersection of the four strips will be just above the myofascial trigger point. The subject will remain three days with the strips on his skin

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	CEU Cardenal Herrera University	Moncada	Valencia

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Cardenal Herrera University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

References & Publications (9)

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Ekiz T, Aslan MD, Özgirgin N. Effects of Kinesio Tape application to quadriceps muscles on isokinetic muscle strength, gait, and functional parameters in patients with stroke. J Rehabil Res Dev. 2015;52(3):323-31. doi: 10.1682/JRRD.2014.10.0243. — View Citation

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Gusella A, Bettuolo M, Contiero F, Volpe G. Kinesiologic taping and muscular activity: a myofascial hypothesis and a randomised, blinded trial on healthy individuals. J Bodyw Mov Ther. 2014 Jul;18(3):405-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2013.11.007. — View Citation

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Silva Parreira Pdo C, Menezes Costa Lda C, Takahashi R, Hespanhol Junior LC, Motta Silva T, da Luz Junior MA, Pena Costa LO. Do convolutions in Kinesio Taping matter? Comparison of two Kinesio Taping approaches in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain: protocol of a randomised trial. J Physiother. 2013 Mar;59(1):52; discussion 52. doi: 10.1016/S1836-9553(13)70147-4. — View Citation

Vanderweeën L, Oostendorp RA, Vaes P, Duquet W. Pressure algometry in manual therapy. Man Ther. 1996 Dec;1(5):258-265. — View Citation

Walton DM, Levesque L, Payne M, Schick J. Clinical pressure pain threshold testing in neck pain: comparing protocols, responsiveness, and association with psychological variables. Phys Ther. 2014 Jun;94(6):827-37. doi: 10.2522/ptj.20130369. — View Citation

Wu WT, Hong CZ, Chou LW. The Kinesio Taping Method for Myofascial Pain Control. Evid Based Complement Alternat Med. 2015;2015:950519. doi: 10.1155/2015/950519. Review. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Changes in pressure pain threshold	Is defined as the minimum force applied which induces pain on myofascial trigger point. Pressure will be applied with algometer	At the beginning, immediately after intervention and at 72 hours	No
Secondary	Changes in pain perception	It is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage. Will be measured with a visual analog scale	At the beginning, immediately after intervention and at 72 hours	No
Secondary	Changes in cervical range of motion	Cervical range of motion is measuring movement around this segment of the spine. Lateral flexion and rotation. Will be measured with a cervical goniometer	At the beginning, immediately after intervention and at 72 hours	No