Trial reportBMJ open2020
Does tension applied in kinesio taping affect pain or function in older women with knee osteoarthritis? A randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in BMJ open, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03624075 (Effect of Kinesio Taping on Muscle Force, Pain, Edema, Physical Function and Global Perception of Change of Women With Knee Osteoarthritis), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Effect of Kinesio Taping on Muscle Force, Pain, Edema, Physical Function and Global Perception of Change of Women With Knee Osteoarthritis: Randomized and Blind Clinical Trial
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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.
- Adjunctive therapies in addition to land-based exercise therapy for osteoarthritis of the hip or knee.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Kinesio taping in knee osteoarthritis: mechanisms, clinical evidence, and rehabilitation implementations.Rheumatology international · 2026Review
- Effects of Kinesio taping and extracorporeal shock wave therapy in combination with exercise in sarcopenic older adults: a study protocol of a double-blinded, randomized controlled trial.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveTo analyse the short-term effects of kinesio taping (KT) with tension (KTT) or without tension (KTNT) in older women with knee osteoarthritis (KOA), and compare them to controls who did not receive KT.
designRandomised controlled trial.
settingUniversity physiotherapy school clinic.
participantsForty-five older women (fifteen participants per group) with 66.8 (±5.6) years and clinical diagnosis of KOA were assessed pre, post and 3 days after intervention.
interventionsParticipants were randomly allocated to KTT, who received two simultaneous applications of KT with tension on the knee and rectus femoris; KTNT, who received the same application as the KTT group, but without tension and a control group that attended a class on KOA. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: Primary outcome was pain intensity and secondary outcomes were knee-related health status, functional capacity, muscle strength and global rating of change.
resultsNo between-group differences were observed in pain after the first intervention (KTT vs KTNT: mean difference (MD), -1.8 points; 95% CI -4.2 to 0.5; KTT vs control: MD, -1.2 points; 95% CI -3.6 to 1.2; KTNT vs control: MD, 0.66 points; 95% CI -1.7 to 3.0) or 3 days later (KTT vs KTNT: MD, -1.3 points; 95% CI -3.7 to 1.0; KTT vs control: MD, 0.13 points; 95% CI -2.2 to 2.5; KTNT vs control: MD, 1.4 points; 95% CI -0.9 to 3.8). The lack of between-group differences was also found for secondary outcomes.
conclusionThe short TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT03624075.
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