Chronic Low-back Pain (cLBP)
Conditions
Keywords
Chronic low back pain, Kinesiotape, Sleep quality
Brief summary
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.
Detailed description
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.
Interventions
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.
OTHERExercise
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.
Sponsors
Firat University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Investigator)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Postmenopausal patients with chronic nonspecific mechanical low back pain for at least three months * VAS score of at least 3
Exclusion criteria
* Patients with a neurologic deficit, history of lumbar surgery, inflammatory low back pain, spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, a history of cardiopulmonary disease preventing exercise, severe osteoporosis, or a skin infection in the application area
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Visual analog scale (VAS) | up to 48 hours | 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. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pittsburgh sleep quality index | up to 48 hours | 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 |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed