Trial reportBMC complementary and alternative medicine2018
Effect of neuromuscular taping on musculoskeletal disorders secondary to the use of aromatase inhibitors in breast cancer survivors: a pragmatic randomised clinical trial.
Trial report in BMC complementary and alternative medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02406794 (Effect of Kinesiotaping for the Treatment of Hormone-induced Myalgia in Women), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effect of Kinesiotaping for the Treatment of Hormone-induced Myalgia in Women: Randomised Controlled Trial
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Non-pharmacological interventions and quality of life in female survivors of hormone receptor-positive breast cancer receiving adjuvant endocrine therapy: A systematic review.Anales del sistema sanitario de Navarra · 2026Pooled it
- Comparative efficacy of various physical therapies on pain, fatigue, quality of life and functional impairment in breast cancer survivors: a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Pooled it
- Efficacy of physical therapy interventions on quality of life and upper quadrant pain severity in women with post-mastectomy pain syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2022Pooled it
- The Effects of Pharmacological and Non-Pharmacological Interventions on Symptom Management and Quality of Life among Breast Cancer Survivors Undergoing Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Non-Pharmacological Interventions for Hormone Therapy-Induced Hand Arthralgia in Breast Cancer Patients: A Systematic Review.Journal of evidence-based integrative medicinePooled it
- Effect of combined Kinesiotaping and resistive exercise on muscle strength and quality of life in breast cancer survivors: a randomized clinical trial.Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer Institute · 2024Trial
- Potential Benefits of Complementary Therapies for Women with Breast Cancer Undergoing Oncological Treatment: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Treatment Modalities for Aromatase Inhibitor-Associated Musculoskeletal Syndrome (AIMSS): A Scoping Review of Prospective Treatment Studies.Journal of pain research · 2025Review
- Incidence and Treatment Efficacy of Trigger Finger in the Breast Cancer Population on Aromatase Inhibitors.Hand (New York, N.Y.) · 2023Article
- The relationship among psychosocial adaptation, medication adherence and quality of life in breast cancer women with adjuvant endocrine therapy.BMC women's health · 2022Article
- The Physiotherapy Intervention for Shoulder Pain in Patients Treated for Breast Cancer: Systematic Review.Cureus · 2019Review
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundAromatase inhibitors reduce breast cancer recurrence rates in postmenopausal women by about 30% compared with tamoxifen while treatments differ. Unfortunately, nearly half of women taking AIs report AI-associated arthralgia (AIA), leading to therapy abandon in on third of patients, which could lead to cancer recurrence. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the effectiveness of Neuromuscular Taping (NMT) in the treatment of AIA in women who have been treated of BC.
methodsThis study included 40 BC survivors receiving endocrine therapy (either AIs or TMX) from Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria (Málaga, Spain) suffered from AIA. Patients were randomized to one of the two groups that made this pilot study: A. Placebo intervention B. Real NMT. Clinical data were collected from medical history, grip strength, algometry measured, questionnaires and VAS scale. There have been three interventions prior to the completion of the study, 5 weeks later. The primary objective of this pilot study was to achieve an improvement of pain by 20% decrease of VAS.
resultsSignificant differences in measures of VAS (p = 0.009), global health status/QoL (p = 0.005), fatigue (p = 0.01) and pain (p = 0.04) were observed post intervention with NMT.
conclusionsAn intervention by NMT to MSCM under treatment with AIs improves their subjective sensation of pain. In addition, this taping had an impact on variables related to the quality of life. This pilot study may be the basis for others to support the use of NMT for the treatment of AIAs, thereby improving their well-being and reducing the dropout rate.
trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02406794 . Registered on 2 April 2015 Retrospectively registered.
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