ReviewAging and disease2018
Effects of Elastic Therapeutic Taping on Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Review in Aging and disease, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04585373 (Time Course Effects of Kinesio-taping in Knee Osteoarthritis Patients.), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Time Course Effects of Kinesio-taping in Knee Osteoarthritis Patients.
Who cites it
5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Efficacy on pain and knee function of Kinesio taping among patients with patellofemoral pain syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Pooled it
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- Kinesio taping in knee osteoarthritis: mechanisms, clinical evidence, and rehabilitation implementations.Rheumatology international · 2026Review
- Non-pharmacological and non-surgical interventions to manage patients with knee osteoarthritis: An umbrella review 5-year update.Osteoarthritis and cartilage open · 2024Review
- Taping for conditions of the musculoskeletal system: an evidence map review.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2020Review
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Abstract
Elastic therapeutic taping (ET) has been widely used for a series of musculoskeletal diseases in recent years. However, there remains clinical uncertainty over its efficiency for knee osteoarthritis (knee OA) management. To assess the effects of ET on patients with knee OA, we investigated outcomes including self-reported pain, knee flexibility, knee-related health status, adverse events, muscle strength, and proprioceptive sensibility. Ten databases including PubMed, EMBASE, Cochrane Library, CINAHL, Web of Science, PEDro, Research Gate, CNKI, CBM, and Wanfang were systematically searched. Eleven randomized controlled trials (RCTs) with 168 participants with knee OA provided data for the meta-analysis. Statistical significance was reported in four from five outcomes, such as self-related pain (during activity, MD -0.85, 95% CI, -1.55 to -0.14;
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