An interventional study of Kinesiotape application and Exercise in Chronic Low-back Pain (cLBP), sponsored by Firat University. Completed at 1 site in Turkey (Türkiye). Open to female participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-11-12.
Sponsored by Firat University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
This study was conducted to determine the effects of kinesiotaping (KT) and sham KT applied with exercise program on clinical parameters such as pain, sleep, and quality of life in postmenopausal women with chronic low back pain. A randomized controlled experimental design, characteristic of quantitative research, was utilized. The subjects consisted of 60 postmenopausal women. The Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were used as data collection tools.
With rising life expectancy, women are expected to spend a third of their lives in the postmenopausal stage. Consequently, focusing research on postmenopausal women is considered crucial. This study was conducted to determine the effects of kinesiotaping (KT) and sham KT applied with exercise program on clinical parameters such as pain, sleep, and quality of life in postmenopausal women with chronic low back pain. A randomized controlled experimental design, characteristic of quantitative research, was utilized. The subjects consisted of 60 postmenopausal women. The Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ) and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) were used as data collection tools.
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Kinesiotape application will be performed by a certified researcher using 5cm x 5cm kinesiotape material. In addition to the kinesiotape application, patients will be given a 30-day home exercise program. This consists of passive lumbar flexion (single and double leg stretching), hamstring stretching, pelvic tilt, half sit-up, bridge, straight leg raises, and hip and back extensor strengthening exercises.
Other: Kinesiotape application
Exercise program will be performed to the control group
Other: Exercise
Kinesiotape application will be performed by a certified researcher using 5cm x 5cm kinesiotape material. The standing patient, prepared in terms of clothing and skin, will be asked to lean forward. While adhering the tape to the right paravertebral region, the lower end of the tape will be adhered 7 cm below the sacroiliac joint at the level of the paravertebral muscles. The patient, still leaning forward, will be then asked to make a slight rotation to the left; in this position, the tape will be adhered upwards on the paravertebral muscles without any tension. For the left paravertebral region, the procedure will be reversed as compared to the right, ensuring that the tape was not stretched at all.
Patients will be given a 30-day home exercise program. This consists of passive lumbar flexion (single and double leg stretching), hamstring stretching, pelvic tilt, half sit-up, bridge, straight leg raises, and hip and back extensor strengthening exercises.
Visual analog scale (VAS)
VAS is used to subjectively measure perceived pain. It is a scale in the form of a 0-10 cm ruler, with 'no pain' at one end and 'the most severe pain' at the other, used to quantify pain intensity. The patient marks their pain level on the ruler.
Time frame: up to 48 hours
Pittsburgh sleep quality index
Turkish reliability and validity study conducted by Ağargün et al. (1996) this scale, which assesses an individual's sleep quality over the past month, includes 24 items. Of these, 19 are self-reported questions answered by the individual, and five are answered by the roommate or spouse
Time frame: up to 48 hours
Ran from Mar 2024 to primary completion in Jul 2024, 4 months.
Of 825 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders, half reached primary completion within 20 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 9 and three quarters within 41. This study's 4 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 883 studies reached it within 19 months; a quarter within 7 and three quarters within 39.
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