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

SUBMITTER: Pinheiro YT 

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

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature