Short Term Effects of Kinesiotape Application in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis

• Main Authors: Zeliha Başkurt, Sabriye Ercan, Tuba İnce Parpucu, Ferdi Başkurt, Meriç Ünal
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Turkish Sports Medicine Association 2017-11-01
• Series: Spor Hekimligi Dergisi
• Subjects: Kinesiotape; knee osteoarthritis; lower extremity; muscle strength; range of motion
• Online Access: http://journalofsportsmedicine.org/eng/full-text-url/292/tur

Objective: The purpose of this prospective, randomized, controlled study is to determine the effect of kinesiotape on pain, range of motion, muscle strength and lower extremity functions in medial compartmental osteoarthritis patients. Materials and Methods: Patients with medial compartmental knee osteoarthritis were participated in the study. They were randomized into two groups. While kinesiotaping was applied to the first group (n:23, six men, 17 women; age: 57.6±11.5 yrs; BMI: 28.8±4.3 kg/m2; 15 right, eight left knee), sham taping was applied to the second group (n:22, five men, 17 women; age: 61.1±7.0 yrs; BMI: 31.1±4.1 kg/m2; 13 right, nine left knee) twice, three days apart. Visual pain scale, knee range of motion, muscle strength measurements, and Lower Extremity Functional Scale scores were recorded at baseline, immediately following the first taping, three days and seven days later. Results: Kinesiotape outperformed sham tape statistically significantly in the test parameters (p