ArticleTurkish journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation2018
The effectiveness of Kinesio taping on pain and clinical features in chronic non-specific low back pain: A randomized controlled clinical trial.
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- Effectiveness of kinesio tape in people with low back pain. A systematic review with meta-analysis.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of kinesio taping on low back pain during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2021Pooled it
- Influence of patient-reported outcomes on the effect of exercise therapy, manual therapy, and kinesiotaping in chronic low back pain: secondary statistical analysis.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Effect of exercise and manual therapy or kinesiotaping on sEMG and pain perception in chronic low back pain: a randomized trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Trial
- Clinical relevance of combined treatment with exercise in patients with chronic low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- Short-term effect of kinesiology taping on pain, functional disability and lumbar proprioception in individuals with nonspecific chronic low back pain: a double-blinded, randomized trial.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2020Trial
- Therapeutic value of kinesio taping in reducing lower back pain and improving back muscle endurance in adolescents with hemophilia.Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions · 2020Trial
- Prognostic Factors in Patients Undergoing Physiotherapy for Chronic Low Back Pain: A Level I Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
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- Physiotherapeutic and non-conventional approaches in patients with chronic low-back pain: a level I Bayesian network meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Medial Gastrocnemius Strain: Clinical Aspects and Algorithmic Approach.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2024Article
- Fascia Tissue Manipulations in Chronic Low Back Pain: A Pragmatic Comparative Randomized Clinical Trial of the 4xT MethodLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The Rehabilitation Interventions and Adaptive Technologies Used for Treating Patients With Cerebral Palsy.Cureus · 2023Review
- Pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment approaches to chronic lumbar back pain.Turkish journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2021Review
- Comparison of kinesio taping and sham taping in patients with chronic low back pain: A protocol of randomized controlled trial.Medicine · 2020Article
- Taping for conditions of the musculoskeletal system: an evidence map review.Chiropractic & manual therapies · 2020Review
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Abstract
objectivesThis study aims to investigate the effectiveness of Kinesio taping (KT) and sham KT on pain, lumbar range of motion (ROM) and disability in chronic non-specific low back pain. PATIENTS AND
methodsThis is a randomized, placebo controlled study. Sixty patients (22 males, 38 females; mean age 21.5±1.7 years, range, 19 to 25 years) with chronic low back pain were randomized into either intervention or placebo groups. Group 1 (n=30) was treated with KT and group 2 (n=30) was treated with sham taping six times by intervals of three days. Patients were evaluated according to pain, modified Schober's test value, hand-ground distance and lumbar ROM and disability at baseline and at the end of the first and sixth months of intervention. Pain was assessed by using Visual Analog Scale (VAS), while ROM was assessed by modified Schober's test value, hand-ground distance and lumbar lateral flexion ROM. Disability was assessed with Oswestry Disability Index (ODI).
resultsStatistically significant improvements for all parameters were found for both groups after one month of intervention (p<0.05). These effects were sustained after six months of follow-up for modified Schober's test, hand-ground distance and ODI. There were statistically significant differences between the groups for all outcome measures at the first month of intervention (p<0.05). However, at sixth-month follow-up, only modified Schober's test, hand-ground distance and ODI values were significantly different between groups (p<0.05) except VAS (p>0.05).
conclusionKinesio taping provided significant improvements in pain, ROM and disability at short term. These positive effects were sustained for ROM and disability at long term but not for pain.
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