Comparison of Kinesio Tape and Dry Needling for the Management of Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy: A Randomized Control Trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06031857

Enrollment

Registered

2023-09-11

Start date

2023-03-10

Completion date

2023-08-09

Last updated

2023-09-11

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Conditions

Rotator Cuff Tendinopathy

Brief summary

Its a single blind RCT

Detailed description

Kinesio tape and dry needling were compared for the management of rotator cuff tendinopathy

Interventions

OTHERkinesio tape

kinesio tape was applied over the specific muscle of rotator cuff

OTHERDry needling

dry needling was applied over the affected muscles

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Subject)

Masking description

Single blind RCT in which just participants were unaware of intervention they are given

Intervention model description

Single blind RCT

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

25 Years to 50 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* age between 25-50 years old * Both genders * Not any comorbidity

Exclusion criteria

* Parkinson disease * DM * HTN

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
PNS	will be used to assess at baseline after 3 weeks	Pain numeric Scale consists of 10 scores. 0 means no pain and 10 means worst pain ever
SF-36	will be used to assess at baseline after 3 weeks	short form 36 is used to measure the quality of life. lower scores means lower quality of life and ligher score means better quality of life

Countries

Pakistan

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026