Short-term effect of kinesiology taping on pain, functional disability and lumbar proprioception in individuals with nonspecific chronic low back pain: a double-blinded, randomized trial

• Published in: Chiropractic & manual therapies 2020-11, Vol.28 (1), p.63-63, Article 63
• Main Authors: Abbasi, Soheila, Hadian Rasanani, Mohammad-Reza, Ghotbi, Nastaran, Olyaei, Gholam Reza, Bozorgmehr, Ali, Rasouli, Omid
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adult; Athletic Tape; Athletic taping; Back pain; Backache; Care and treatment; Clinical trials; Disability; Disability Evaluation; Female; Humans; Iran; Kinesiology; Kinesiology, Applied; Kinesiotape; Low Back pain; Low Back Pain - physiopathology; Low Back Pain - psychology; Low Back Pain - therapy; Lumbosacral Region - physiopathology; Male; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Middle Aged; Neuromuscular diseases; Pain; Pain level, disability; Pain Measurement; Proprioception; Prospective Studies; Range of Motion, Articular; Sham; Spine
• ISSN: 2045-709X; 2045-709X
• DOI: 10.1186/s12998-020-00349-y

This study aimed to evaluate the effect of kinesiology taping (KT) on lumbar proprioception, pain, and functional disability in individuals with nonspecific chronic low back pain (CLBP). Thirty individuals with nonspecific CLBP participated in this double-blinded, randomized clinical trial from July 2017 to September 2018. The participants were randomized into two groups: KT (n = 15) and placebo group (n = 15). KT was applied with 15-25% tension for 72 h, and placebo taping was used without tension. Lumbar repositioning error was measured by a bubble inclinometer at three different angles (45° and 60° flexion, and 15° extension) in upright standing. Pain and disability were assessed by the Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire and Oswestry Disability Index, respectively. All measurements were recorded at baseline and 3 days after taping. Pain and disability scores reduced 3 days after taping in the KT group with large effect sizes (p