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ReviewJournal of pain research2020

Effectiveness of Kinesio Taping on the Management of Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Haimanot Melese, Abayneh Alamer, Melaku Hailu Temesgen, Fetene Nigussie

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Review in Journal of pain research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05946434 (Comparisons of the Effects of Kinesio Taping and Rigid Taping in Knee Osteoarthritis), which is not on this map. Cited by 17 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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17citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT05946434 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Comparisons of the Effects of Kinesio Taping and Rigid Taping in Knee Osteoarthritis

TypeinterventionalSponsorRiphah International UniversityRan2023 to 2023Enrolled36ConditionsKnee OsteoarthritisArmsKinesio Tape Group, Rigid Tape Group
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Haimanot MeleseDepartment of Physiotherapy, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences and Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0001-8617-0032
Abayneh AlamerDepartment of Physiotherapy, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences and Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0002-4781-8307
Melaku Hailu TemesgenDepartment of Physiotherapy, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences and Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Mekelle University, Mekelle, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0001-6393-9435
Fetene NigussieDepartment of Nursing Institute of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Debre Berhan University, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0002-2317-7840
Mekelle University · ETDebre Berhan University · ET

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The purpose of this review was to summarize the current best evidence for the effectiveness of Kinesio Taping in reducing pain and increasing knee function for patients with knee osteoarthritis. A comprehensive search of literature published between 2014 and 2019 was conducted using the following electronic databases: PubMed, Google Scholar, Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro), Science Direct, and Scopus. Only randomized controlled trials evaluating the effect of Kinesio Taping on knee osteoarthritis were included. PEDro was used to assess the risk of bias of included trials. This study was reported according to the guideline of the PRISMA statement. The methodological quality of the studies was done using the PEDro scale and GRADE approach. The overall quality of evidence was rated from moderate to high. Eighteen randomized trials involving 876 patients were included. The present systematic review demonstrated that there were significant differences between Kinesio Taping groups and control groups in terms of visual analog scale (VAS), Western Ontario and MacMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) scale and flexion range of motion. Kinesio Taping is effective in improving pain and joint function in patients with knee OA.

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Kinesio Tapingknee jointosteoarthritissystematic review

Identifiers

PMID32547187
PMCPMC7266391
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