The Effect of Kinesio® Tex Application on Pain, Functionality, Sleep Quality and Work Performance in Drivers
- Conditions
- Occupational DiseasesNeck PainBack Pain
- Interventions
- Other: exerciseOther: taping
- Registration Number
- NCT06003842
- Lead Sponsor
- Uskudar University
- Brief Summary
This study was planned to examine the effect of Kinesio® Tex application on pain, functionality, sleep quality and work performance in drivers experiencing neck-back pain.
- Detailed Description
50 active drivers will be included in the study. The drivers included in the study will be randomly divided into two groups as exercise group and taping group. The home exercise program will be visually explained to both groups and the exercises will be sent to the participants as video. Kinesio® Tex will also be applied to the banding group. Evaluations will be made before treatment and after 6 weeks of treatment. Within the scope of the evaluation, demographic information of the patients, work experience, daily working time, dominant hand, education information (university / high school), type of vehicle used, habit of leaning elbow on the left window, diseases and drugs used, smoking and alcohol use, given after mutual interview will be obtained by recording the answers. Joint range of motion, manual muscle test, pain severity of the individuals participating in the study with the Visual Analog Scale, neck functionality assessment with the Neck Disability Indicator, back functionality assessment with the Quebec Back-Low Back Pain Disability Scale, sleep quality assessment with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, work performance assessment To be assessed by the Work Role Functioning Questionnaire
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 44
- Volunteering to participate in the study Having signed the voluntary consent form.
- Being between the ages of 18-65
- Working in home health services for at least 2 years
- Reporting symptoms of localized pain and discomfort in the neck-back region lasting at least 1 week in the last 12 months
- The participant's wish to terminate the study
- Receiving physical therapy for neck-back pain in the last 3 months
- Findings such as pins and needles, numbness and tingling in the upper extremity
- Having an allergy to taping
- Presence of a known specific disease that may cause chronic neck-back pain (nerve root compression, postoperative condition in the neck and shoulder regions, peripheral entrapment neuropathy, cervical spine anomaly, severe neck trauma such as whiplash, malignancy, migraine).
- Alcohol and drug addiction
- Psychological conditions that may cause physical burden and recent major operations
- Presence of a skin disease that will affect the neck and back area
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description taping group exercise In addition to the exercises, the Kinesio® Tex taping application will remain on the body for 4 days, and then it will be applied 6 times in total, with a 3-day break. taping group taping In addition to the exercises, the Kinesio® Tex taping application will remain on the body for 4 days, and then it will be applied 6 times in total, with a 3-day break. control group exercise The exercise program to be given to the participants consists of stretching, strengthening and postural exercises for the muscles in the neck-back region. While doing the posture exercises, the participants will be asked to do the exercises in front of the mirror in order to correct the wrong postural posture and to provide relaxation.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Work Role Functioning Questionnaire (WRFQ) 8 weeks The scale evaluates the difficulties experienced by people while doing their jobs as a percentage of time. In addition, the questionnaire evaluates the effectiveness of the treatment applied. It has five sub-headings as work program (5 questions), Efficiency (7 questions), Physical (6 questions), Mental (6 questions) and Social status (3 questions). It is a scale with 27 questions in total. This scale assesses how often individuals have had difficulties while doing their jobs in the last four weeks. If the expression defined in the question is not related to the profession of the person, he is asked to mark the option "It is not suitable for my profession".
Neck Pain Disability Index Questionnaire 8 weeks The scale includes 10 titles. It includes pain sensitivity, heavy lifting, personal hygiene, reading, sleep, headache, concentration, work, driving, social activities. There are 6 answer options according to the severity of the limitation or pain. Scoring is between 0 and 5. The highest score is 50 and the least is 0. The neck disability level classification according to the total score is as follows 0-4: no restrictions 5-14: mild limitation 15-24: moderate limitation 25-34: severe limitation 34 and up: completely restricted
The Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale (QBPDS) 8 weeks The problems caused by back pain are evaluated with 20 different activities from the scale. Its rating is between 0-5. 0 points are expressed as "not difficult at all" and 5 points are expressed as "it is not possible to do". The total score is obtained by summing the answers given to the 20 activities.
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) 8 weeks In the evaluation of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, 18 items are included in the scoring. The scale has a total of 7 components: sleep duration, habitual sleep efficiency, subjective sleep quality, sleep delay, sleep disturbance, daytime dysfunction, and sleep medication use. Some of the components consist of a single item, while others consist of groupings of several items. Each item scores between 0-3 and the sum of the scores of the 7 components forms the PSQI score. The total score is between 0-21. A high total score indicates a low sleep quality. A total PSQI score of ≤5 indicates "good sleep quality", and \>5 indicates "poor sleep quality".
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi
🇹🇷Istanbul, Turkey