An interventional study of kinesio taping and sham kinesiotaping in Cervicalgia and Back Pain, Low, sponsored by Consorci Sanitari de l'Alt Penedès i Garraf. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in Spain. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-11-09.
Sponsored by Consorci Sanitari de l'Alt Penedès i Garraf · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if neuromuscular taping (kinesio taping), added to a standard exercise program, reduces muscle pain in adults with chronic neck pain or chronic low back pain caused by degenerative disease of the spine (such as facet joint osteoarthritis, spondylosis, or degenerative disc disease). The main questions it aims to answer are:
Does neuromuscular taping, applied once a week for 3 weeks in addition to standard exercise therapy, reduce muscle pain more than placebo taping?
Researchers will compare neuromuscular taping applied with a muscle and fascial technique to placebo taping (the same tape placed on the same area without tension or therapeutic technique) to see if the active taping provides greater pain relief.
1,360 studies on the registry are indexed under Neck Pain; 299 are open to participants now.
This study's planned enrollment of 500 is above the median of 50 across 1,116 interventional studies indexed under Neck Pain.
Browse Neck Pain studies →Consorci Sanitari de l'Alt Penedès i Garraf is the lead sponsor of 41 studies on the registry; 18 are open to participants now.
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Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.
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Participants will have neuromuscular tape applied to the neck or lower back after the first exercise session of each week, and remove it on the fourth day
Device: kinesio taping
These patients will have the same tape placed on the same area without tension or therapeutic technique
Device: sham kinesiotaping
The muscle technique consists of applying the tape without stretching it. Either the muscle or the skin is placed under stretch, but the tape itself is applied with no tension along its entire length. The base anchor is applied with the body segment in a neutral position; the target muscle is then stretched and the tape is laid over it. Finally, the segment is returned to the neutral position and the end anchor is applied. This technique is used to inhibit muscle tone. Once the tape has been applied, patients will be instructed to remove it on the fourth day. They may carry on with their normal daily activities and may get the tape wet when washing or showering. If the tape causes significant discomfort, patients may remove it early and must record this in their pain diary. If the tape comes off before the fourth day, patients must also record this in the diary.
The same tape placed on the same area without tension or therapeutic technique
Pain Intensity
Pain intensity, measured using a Visual Analog Scale (VAS). Pain will be recorded before the first treatment session of each week. Since treatment consists of two physiotherapy sessions per week for four weeks, the VAS will be recorded at the start of sessions 1, 3, 5, and 8, the last of which corresponds to the final day of treatment. In addition, patients will complete a pain diary every day between treatment sessions.
Time frame: From enrollment to the end of treatment at 4 weeks
Plan to share: Yes — IPD (without personal identification data) could be shared by requirement from other researchers after the end of the study, and only for research purposes and previous approval of promotor center of the study (CSAPG). Anyway, Spanish and European Union legal policy about data protection will strictly be followed (IPD will not be transferred outside European Union).
Supporting information: Study protocol
Time frame: After publication of main results of the study
Access criteria: IPD will be shared only for scientific research purposes and following the Spanish and European Union normative law about data protection. The requirements will be directed to the IP of the study. The IP will evaluate the request to verify and evaluate the data that is requested and the purposes for which it is requested. Next, the IP will transfer the request to the promotor center the study for the final decision.
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Start is estimated for Jan 2027; primary completion for Dec 2029, 35 months later.
Of 763 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Neck Pain, half reached primary completion within 7 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 3 and three quarters within 15. This study's planned 35 months is above that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 772 studies reached it within 7 months; a quarter within 3 and three quarters within 15.
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