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SynthesisScientific reports2022

Safety and efficacy of therapeutic taping in primary dysmenorrhea: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

E M I A Bandara, W N I Kularathne, K Brain, Ishanka Weerasekara

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Synthesis in Scientific reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06761755 (Combined Effects of Kinesiology Taping and Progressive Muscle Relaxation Technique on Pain, Anxiety and Body Awareness in Primary Dysmenorrhea), which is not on this map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Combined Effects of Kinesiology Taping and Progressive Muscle Relaxation Technique on Pain, Anxiety and Body Awareness in Primary Dysmenorrhea

TypeinterventionalSponsorRiphah International UniversityRan2023 to 2025Enrolled30ConditionsDysmenorrhea PrimaryArmshot pack , K taping , Progressive muscle relaxation
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

E M I A BandaraDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, 20400, Sri Lanka. bandaraanuradhi@gmail.com.
W N I KularathneDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, 20400, Sri Lanka.
K BrainSchool of Health Sciences, College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia.
Ishanka WeerasekaraDepartment of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, University of Peradeniya, Peradeniya, 20400, Sri Lanka.
University of Peradeniya · LKUniversity of Newcastle Australia · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Primary dysmenorrhea (PD) is a common gynecological condition among adolescent and adult women. Several pharmacological and alternative therapies (e.g. therapeutic taping) have been used to treat PD, with varying effect. This systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of therapeutic taping on clinical symptoms of PD, considering pain as the primary outcome. MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, Embase, PEDro, CINAHL and gray literature sources were searched from inception to February 2022 for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that assessed the effect of therapeutic taping for PD. The language was restricted to English. A total of ten studies were included in the systematic review, involving 685 participants. Eight studies were included in quantitative analysis. The quality of the studies ranged from 4 to 7 with a median of 5 as assessed by PEDro scale. Meta-analyses indicated short-term improvements of pain compared to sham and no interventions. Elastic therapeutic taping (ETT) indicated short term improvements in anxiety associated with PD. Moderate to high quality of evidence suggested that ETT is an effective intervention in improving pain, anxiety, and quality of life of women with PD. A scarcity of evidence on the long-term effects of therapeutic taping in PD is observed.

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DysmenorrheaQuality of LifeAdolescentAdultFemaleHumansPain Measurement

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PMID35504906
PMCPMC9065045
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