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Does tension applied in kinesio taping affect pain or function in older women with knee osteoarthritis? A randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To 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.

Design

Randomised controlled trial.

Setting

University physiotherapy school clinic.

Participants

Forty-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.

Interventions

Participants 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.

Results

No 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.

Conclusion

The short-term use of KT with or without tension in older woman with KOA had no beneficial effects on pain and function. These findings call into question the clinical use of KT as a non-pharmacological therapy for this population.

Trial registration number

NCT03624075.

SUBMITTER: Pinheiro YT

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7745684 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Does tension applied in kinesio taping affect pain or function in older women with knee osteoarthritis? A randomised controlled trial.

Pinheiro Yago Tavares YT Barbosa Germanna Medeiros GM Fialho Hilmaynne Renaly Fonseca HRF Silva César Augusto Medeiros CAM Anunciação Jaciara de Oliveira JO Silva Hugo Jário de Almeida HJA Souza Marcelo Cardoso de MC Lins Caio Alano de Almeida CAA

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<h4>Objective</h4>To 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.<h4>Design</h4>Randomised controlled trial.<h4>Setting</h4>University physiotherapy school clinic.<h4>Participants</h4>Forty-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 ...[more]

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Dataset Information

Does tension applied in kinesio taping affect pain or function in older women with knee osteoarthritis? A randomised controlled trial.

Objective

Design

Setting

Participants

Interventions

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Results

Conclusion

Trial registration number

Publications

Does tension applied in kinesio taping affect pain or function in older women with knee osteoarthritis? A randomised controlled trial.

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