Short-Term Effects of Cervical Kinesio® Taping on Pain and Cervical Range of motion in Patients with Acute Neck Pain: a Randomized Clinical Trial

• Main Authors: Wen-Ling Chang, 張雯玲
• Other Authors: Yi-Fen Shin
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/68675993385646062839

碩士 === 國立陽明大學 === 物理治療暨輔助科技學系 === 99 === Background: Neck pain, like back pain, is a common complaint that may result in functional limitation, disability, and high medical costs. Twenty to forty percentage of acute neck pain incidences develop into chronic neck pain. The traditional methods of physical therapy have been shown effective in reducing symptoms and neck pain recurrence. However, few studies investigated the effectiveness of Kinesio® tape for treating acute neck pain. Purpose: To find the immediate effect of Kinesio® tape for acute neck pain. Study design: An exploratory, randomized-control, and single blinded study. Materials and Methods: Fifty subjects diagnosed with acute neck muscle strain were recruited, and randomly assigned into 2 groups: therapeutic Kinesio® tape group or sham group. Basic data, self-reported pain (100mm VAS), disability, cervical pain-free active range of motion (C-ROM) and pressure pain threshold (PPT) over neck extensors were measured before taped. Self-reported pain, pain-free active range of motion (C-ROM), pressure pain threshold, and global rating of change scales were measured immediately and 24 hours after taping intervention. Repeated measures analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used to examine the effects of the treatment with group as the between-subjects variable and time as the within-subjects variable. Results: The group-by-time interaction was statically significant for cervical rotation to the right and to the left (p< 0.05). The time effect was significant for all directions of cervical range of motion in Kinesio® taping group, and there was immediate improvement in self-reported pain, CROM, and global rating of change scales in both groups. No group difference was found regarding pressure pain threshold. Discussion and Conclusions: Our results showed Kinesio® tape was some assistance to clinicians in improving pain-free ROM immediately (24 hours) after tape application for patients with acute neck pain. Kinesio® tape is cheaper, convince, faster, and it is another treatment choice for patient with acute neck pain.