Effects of Kinesio Taping in Addition to Routine Physical Therapy on Pain, Range of Motion and Functional Disability in Patients With Upper Cross Syndrome

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Cervical Pain
• Interventions: Other: Kinesio Taping Technique; Other: Routine Physical Therapy

• Registration Number: NCT05191043
• Lead Sponsor: University of Lahore

Brief Summary

Objective of the study is to compare the effects of kinesio taping and routine physical therapy on pain, range of motion and functional disability in patients with upper cross syndrome.It is a single blinded randomized controlled trial using non probability purposive sampling technique.

ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS:

There is a significant difference in the effects of routine physical therapy with and without kinesio taping on pain, range of motion and functional disability in patients with upper cross syndrome.

NULL HYPOTHESIS:

There is no significant difference in the effects of routine physical therapy with and without kinesio taping on pain, range of motion and functional disability in patients with upper cross syndrome.

Detailed Description

It will be a prospectively registered ,parallel designed, randomized controlled trial with concealed allocation. Subjects will be selected from the outpatient Department of Physical Therapy, The University of Lahore Teaching Hospital,Lahore, Pakistan. Patients who met eligibility criteria will be informed about the aim of study.all the eligible participants who will agree to participate will sign a consent form. After baseline assessment selected participants will be divided into 2 groups by random allocation method.Subjects will be randomized into two groups using computer generated random numbers.The outcome assessor will be unaware of treatment given to both groups.The calculated sample size using Numeric pain rating scale as outcome measure is 28 in each group, but after adding 20% dropout, the sample size will be 28+6=34 in each group, allowing statistical power of 80%and alpha level of 5%.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2021-11-24
• Study First Submitted: 2021-12-29
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-12-29
• Study First Posted: 2022-01-13
• Status Verified: 2022-02
• Primary Completion: 2022-02-05
• Study Completion: 2022-02-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-02-06
• Last Update Posted: 2022-02-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 68

Inclusion Criteria

• Both gender
• Participants with an age between 18 to 40
• Participants diagnosed with chronic upper cross syndrome by orthopedic department for physical therapy treatment

Exclusion Criteria

• Trauma, Tumor and Fracture of upper limb and shoulder
• Congenital deformities of upper limb
• History of any systemic disease
• History of any neurological disease (epilepsy &seizure, Parkinson's disease)
• History of recent surgery of spine or shoulder

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Group A/ kinesio taping group	Kinesio Taping Technique	Routine physical therapy along with Kinesio Taping
Group A/ kinesio taping group	Routine Physical Therapy	Routine physical therapy along with Kinesio Taping
Group B/ routine physical therapy	Routine Physical Therapy	routine physical therapy

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Universal Goniometer (to assess change in range of motion at baseline,1st,2nd and 4th week.)	baseline, 1st week ,2nd week and 4th week	A universal goniometer is a device that measures an angle or permits rotation of an object to a definite position. It is designed like a protractor and may form a full or a half-circle from 0 to 180 degrees or 180 to 0 degrees for half circle models or 0 to 360 degrees on full circle.Normal range of motion of flexion 0-45 ₒ extension, 0-45 ₒ, side flexion 0-45 ₒ , rotation 0-80.
Numeric pain rating scale( assessing change in pain at between baseline, at 1st week, 2nd week and at the end of 4th week of treatment)	baseline, 1st week ,2nd week and 4th week	This is 11 points scale ranges from 0-10, where 0 means no pain and 10 is the worst pain. The values ranges from 1-3 means mild pain; 4-6 is considered moderate pain; 7-10 is severe pain. the average of three readings is considered as pain value.
Neck disability Index ( assessing change in neck functional activities at baseline, 1st,2nd and 4th week)	baseline, 1st,2nd and 4th week	This is the Patient-completed, condition-specific functional status questionnaire with 10 items for measuring disability in patients with neck pain.It contains 10 pain-related questions scored from 0 (no pain) to 5 (most severe pain).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Waqar Afzal; 🇵🇰 Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan