Kinesiology Taping in Patients With Acute Low Back Pain
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: kinesiologic taping, standard physiotherapy.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Acute Non-specific Low Back Pain. Basic parameters: 18 years — 50 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Effectiveness of Kinesiology Taping in Patients With Acute Low Back Pain
Overview
This prospective, randomized controlled trial will investigate the effectiveness of adding Kinesiology Taping (KT) to a standard physiotherapy program in individuals with acute non-specific low back pain. A total of 30 participants diagnosed with acute non-specific low back pain will be randomly allocated to either an experimental group receiving standard physiotherapy combined with lumbar Kinesiology Taping or a control group receiving standard physiotherapy alone. Both groups will receive treatment three times per week for six weeks, totaling 18 treatment sessions. Outcome assessments will be performed at baseline and after completion of the intervention. Pain intensity will be evaluated using the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS), functional disability using the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ), flexibility using the sit-and-reach test, trunk lateral flexion, and trunk extension tests, and health-related quality of life using the Short Form-36 (SF-36). The primary objective of this study is to determine whether the addition of Kinesiology Taping to a standard physiotherapy program provides greater improvements in pain, functional disability, flexibility, and quality of life than standard physiotherapy alone in individuals with acute non-specific low back pain. The findings are expected to contribute to the evidence regarding the clinical effectiveness of Kinesiology Taping as an adjunctive treatment for acute low back pain.
Interventions
- Other kinesiologic taping
Kinesiology Taping will be applied to the lumbar region by a certified physiotherapist in addition to the standard physiotherapy program. The taping technique will be standardized for all participants in the experimental group and will be renewed according to the treatment protocol throughout the 6-week intervention period. - Other standard physiotherapy
The standard physiotherapy program will consist of conventional physiotherapy modalities and therapeutic exercises administered three times per week for 6 weeks (18 sessions). The program will be standardized and delivered by licensed physiotherapists.
Primary outcome measures
- Pain Intensity [Time frame: Baseline and Week 6 (end of treatment)]
Secondary outcome measures (5)
- Functional Disability [Time frame: Baseline and Week 6]
- Flexibility - Sit-and-Reach Test [Time frame: Baseline and Week 6]
- Trunk Lateral Flexion [Time frame: Baseline and Week 6]
- Trunk Extension [Time frame: Baseline and Week 6]
- Health-Related Quality of Life [Time frame: Baseline and week 6]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Individuals diagnosed with acute non-specific low back pain by a specialist physician.
18-50 years of age.
Voluntary participation in the study and provision of written informed consent.
Exclusion criteria
- Pregnancy. Diagnosis of osteoporosis. Presence of an oncological disease. Diagnosis of a neurological disorder. Renal insufficiency or other significant renal pathology. Sciatica or lumbar radiculopathy. Diagnosis of spondylolysis or spondylolisthesis. Diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis. Specific low back pain due to infection, malignancy, vertebral fracture, or other identifiable spinal pathology.
History of chronic low back pain (pain lasting >12 weeks). Regular use of analgesic or anti-inflammatory medications. Low back pain secondary to trauma. Unexplained fever or unexplained weight loss (red flag symptoms).
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Turkey (Türkiye) · 1 center
- Istanbul Rumeli University — Istanbul
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07731269 · E-53938333-050-47975