Effectiveness of Kinesio Tape in Morning Stiffness and Functional Capacity in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Wrist Morning Stiffness Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02367157
• Other study ID #: CEU-009
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: March 2016
• Est. completion date: June 2017

Study information

• Verified date: February 2021
• Source: CEU San Pablo University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine how the applications of Kinesio Tape affect the morning stiffness in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 20
• Est. completion date: June 2017
• Est. primary completion date: May 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 40 Years to 65 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis according to the criteria of the American Rheumatism Association with a minimum of 6 months evolution from diagnosis.

• These subjects must have morning stiffness daily in the wrist joint of a member or bilateral at least a month.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subjects in postoperative affecting the mobility of joints to study phase.

• Subjects with sensory deficits or other inflammatory arthropathies.

• Subjects who are or come in a state of emergence of the hand or wrist joints during the investigation.

• Subjects who change their usual treatment (medication or other therapies) two months before the study or during the study.

• We exclude subjects who present some kind of allergy to Kinesio-Tape in which case it will be removed immediately.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Wrist Morning Stiffness

Intervention

Procedure:
• Kenzo Kase Method

Device:
• Kinesio Taping

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Spain	San Pablo CEU University	Boadilla del Monte	Madrid

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
CEU San Pablo University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Spain, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in the Wrist Morning Stiffness		participants will be followed for the duration in minutes of the morning stiffness, an expected average of 45 minutes]