Safety and efficacy of therapeutic taping in primary dysmenorrhea: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Primary dysmenorrhea (PD) is a common gynecological condition among adolescent and adult women. Several pharmacological and alternative therapies (e.g. therapeutic taping) have been used to treat PD, with varying effect. This systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to evaluate the safety a...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2022-05, Vol.12 (1), p.7146-7146, Article 7146
Main Authors: Bandara, E. M. I. A., Kularathne, W. N. I., Brain, K., Weerasekara, Ishanka
Format: Article
Language:English
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Adolescent
Adult
Anxiety
Clinical trials
Dysmenorrhea - therapy
Female
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
Long-term effects
Meta-analysis
multidisciplinary
Pain
Pain Measurement
Quality of Life
Reviews
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Systematic review
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Summary:Primary dysmenorrhea (PD) is a common gynecological condition among adolescent and adult women. Several pharmacological and alternative therapies (e.g. therapeutic taping) have been used to treat PD, with varying effect. This systematic review and meta-analysis was performed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of therapeutic taping on clinical symptoms of PD, considering pain as the primary outcome. MEDLINE, Cochrane Library, Embase, PEDro, CINAHL and gray literature sources were searched from inception to February 2022 for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that assessed the effect of therapeutic taping for PD. The language was restricted to English. A total of ten studies were included in the systematic review, involving 685 participants. Eight studies were included in quantitative analysis. The quality of the studies ranged from 4 to 7 with a median of 5 as assessed by PEDro scale. Meta-analyses indicated short-term improvements of pain compared to sham and no interventions. Elastic therapeutic taping (ETT) indicated short term improvements in anxiety associated with PD. Moderate to high quality of evidence suggested that ETT is an effective intervention in improving pain, anxiety, and quality of life of women with PD. A scarcity of evidence on the long-term effects of therapeutic taping in PD is observed.
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-022-11034-w