None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Low back pain produces mobility restriction, long-term disability and quality of life impairment and is one of the main causes of work absenteeism. Kinesio Taping is a method of strapping tape application using special tape. The trial will examine whether the application of this tape over the lumbar spine reduces disability and improves other outcomes better than sham taping in people with chronic low back pain.
Interventions
Adhesive tape applied over the lumbar spine using a space saving technique, with four strips of Kinesio Tape applied in a star shape over the most painful point of the lumbar spine. The tape is left in situ for 7 days.
Sponsors
Adelaida Maria Castro Sanchez
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
To be eligible for inclusion in the trial, participants are required to have low back pain for at least 3 months, to be aged between 18 and 65 years, to score of four or more on the Roland-Morris Low Back Pain and Disability Questionnaire at randomisation (UK Trial BEAM team 2004), and to not achieve flexion-relaxation in the lumbar muscles during trunk flexion (Neblett et al 2003).
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria are clinical signs of radiculopathy, lumbar stenosis, fibromyalgia, spondylolisthesis, previous spinal surgery or Kinesio Tape therapy, corticosteroid treatment in the previous two weeks, and central or peripheral nervous system disease.
Outcome results
None listed