Trial reportActa orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica2016
The comparative efficacy of kinesio taping and local injection therapy in patients with subacromial impingement syndrome.
Trial report in Acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06688214 (Effects of Kinesio Taping and Scapular Stabilization Exercises on ROM, Pain and Function in Badminton Players With Subacromial Impingement Syndrome), which is not on this map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Effects of Kinesio Taping and Scapular Stabilization Exercises on ROM, Pain and Function in Badminton Players With Subacromial Impingement Syndrome
Who cites it
10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Kinesio taping for rotator cuff disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Efficacy of combined Kinesio-taping with chest physiotherapy program on pain, pulmonary function, respiratory muscle strength and quality of life after mastectomy: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Trial
- Can the efficacy of subacromial corticosteroid injection be improved using a single- session mobilization treatment in subacromial impingement syndrome? A randomized single-blind controlled trialTurkish journal of medical sciences · 2020Trial
- Immediate and short-term effects of kinesiotaping on muscular activity, mobility, strength and pain after rotator cuff surgery: a crossover clinical trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2018Trial
- The comparison of the efficacy of intramuscular tetracosactide and subacromial triamcinolone injection in rotator cuff tendinitis: a randomized trial.Rheumatology advances in practice · 2025Article
- Review
- The Efficacy and Treatment Fidelity of Kinesiology Taping in Conjunction With Conservative Treatment Interventions Among Individuals With Shoulder Pain: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2021Article
- Comparison of Kinesiotaping, Exercise and Subacromial Injection Treatments on Functionality and Life Quality in Shoulder Impingement Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Study.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2021Article
- Taping for conditions of the musculoskeletal system: an evidence map review.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2020Review
- Comparison of the Efficacy of Conventional Physical Therapy Modalities and Kinesio Taping Treatments in Shoulder Impingement Syndrome.The Eurasian journal of medicine · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of this study was to compare the therapeutic effects of kinesio taping (KT) and local subacromial injection in patients with subacromial impingement, syndrome (SIS) with regard to pain, range of motion (ROM) and disability.
methodsSixty-one patients (48 females and 13 males; mean age: 43.04 ± 6.31, years) with SIS were enrolled into the study. The patients were randomized into two treatment groups receiving either a single corticosteroid and local anesthetic (LA) injection, or kinesio taping performed three times by intervals of 3 day. Visual analog scale (VAS) was used to assess pain intensity, range of motion (ROM) degrees of, shoulder were recorded and Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI) was, performed to evaluate functional disability, before treatment, at the first and fourth, weeks after therapies. A exercise program was prescribed for both groups including pendulum, active range of motion (ROM) and strengthening exercises.
resultsPain, functional outcome measures were determined to have improved significantly in both groups at the end of therapies at first and fourth weeks (p < 0.05), but these improvements were more significant in the injection group than in kinesio taping group (p < 0.05). The improvements in pain at rest, shoulder abduction degrees, and SPADI scores at first and fourth weeks were statistically higher in injection group than in kinesio taping group.
conclusionAlthough the improvement in pain intensity at rest, ROM and disability were better with local injection, KT may be an alternative noninvasive method to local subacromial injection for patients suffering from subacromial impingement syndrome. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level I, Therapeutic study.
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