The Effect of Kinesio Taping Application for Dysmenorrhea

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Dysmenorrhea
• Interventions: Other: Kinesio taping; Drug: NSAID's

• Registration Number: NCT02663050
• Lead Sponsor: Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi Gulhane Tip Fakultesi

Brief Summary

Dysmenorrhea is a common symptom in daily practice of gynecology. Different kind of treatment strategies are being held. But invasive and pharmacological therapies have good outcome with systemic side effects. Kinesio taping is being widely used in different pain conditions. Kinesio taping is a noninvasive and nonpharmacological, easy-to-use intervention method which can be used in outpatient practice without systemic side effects.

Detailed Description

Dysmenorrhea is a kind of visceral pain that result of peritoneal irritation. It is so common in gynecological outpatient practice. Most of treatment is based pharmacological treatments as NSAIDs, oral contraceptives with many side effects. Kinesio taping is widely used for musculoskeletal parenchymal pain like sports related injuries. As in other complementary treatment methods like acupuncture and acupressure; pain carrying unmyelinated thin pain fibers are blocked by touch sensation carrying myelinated thick fibers which is stimulated by acupressure(gate control theory by Melzack), kinesio taping blocks the pain fibers that comes from same spinal level. So it can be used easily and instantly for dismenore

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2016-01-19
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-01-21
• Study First Posted: 2016-01-26
• Status Verified: 2016-02
• Study Start: 2016-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-02-26
• Last Update Posted: 2016-02-29
• Primary Completion: 2016-03
• Study Completion: 2016-04

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 150

Inclusion Criteria

• Dysmenorrhea

Exclusion Criteria

• pregnancy
• surgical abdominal emergency
• metabolic or inflammatory illnesses or cardiovascular diseases,
• endocrine disorders such as diabetes, thyroid disorders, androgen excess (hyperprolactinemia, uncontrolled thyroid disease, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, Cushing's syndrome, androgen-secreting tumor),
• smokers
• using pharmaceutical agents such as anti-inflammatory agents that could possibly impact on endocrine and liver enzymes
• musculoskeletal pain
• inguinal hernia

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Kinesio taping group	Kinesio taping	only Kinesio taping treatment group
NSAID treatment group	NSAID's	only NSAIDs taking group
Combination treatment group	Kinesio taping	NSAIDs plus Kinesio taping group
Combination treatment group	NSAID's	NSAIDs plus Kinesio taping group

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Visual analog scale	0- 4th day	At the begining of the Dysmenorrhea before taping we will measure the VAS level (pretreatment)and 4 days after taping we will measure the second VAS level (after treatment)