ArticleBDJ open2025
Assessing pain and analgesic consumption after the use of Kinesio tape in web strip technique comparing with cryotherapy after impacted third molar extraction: a randomized clinical split-mouth study.
Article in BDJ open, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
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.
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.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effect of Kinesio Taping on pain, swelling and trismus after third molar surgical extraction: systematic review and meta-analysis.Head & face medicine · 2026Pooled it
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesThere are various methods to improve the patient's quality of life and alleviate complications after surgical extraction of the lower third molar. The use of Kinesiotape is one of the most important methods used recently. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of Kinesiotape in alleviating complications after surgical extraction of the lower third molar compared to cryotherapy.
methodsThe study was designed as a randomized controlled clinical study according to the split-mouth technique and included 25 patients who had radially symmetrical lower third molars. The patients were divided randomly into two groups, and Kinesiotape (KT) using the Web-strip technique was applied in the study group (KT), while cold packs were applied in the control group Non-Kinesiotape (N-KT). The studied variables were pain, and analgesic pills consumption. These measurements were evaluated in the first five days after surgery using the visual analog scale (VAS) and the number of consumed analgesic pills.
resultsThe pain index value in the KT group was (60.4 ± 19.8) on the first day, and (60.4 ± 17.8) in the N-KT group. The number of analgesic pills consumed in the KT group was (3.3 ± 1.3) on the first day, and (3.4 ± 1.3) in the N-KT group. No significant statistical difference was found in pain scores according to the VAS index and the number of consumed analgesic pills between the two groups.
conclusionThe current study concluded that pain and analgesic pills consumed were similar between the two study groups, without one being superior to the other.
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.