The Effect of Kinesio Taping Application for Dysmenorrhea: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 150
- 主要终点
- Visual analog scale
研究概览
简要总结
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.
详细描述
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
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 40 Years（Adult）
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Dysmenorrhea
排除标准
- •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),
- •using pharmaceutical agents such as anti-inflammatory agents that could possibly impact on endocrine and liver enzymes
- •musculoskeletal pain
- •inguinal hernia
研究组 & 干预措施
Kinesio taping group
only Kinesio taping treatment group
干预措施: Kinesio taping (Other)
NSAID treatment group
only NSAIDs taking group
干预措施: NSAID's (Drug)
Combination treatment group
NSAIDs plus Kinesio taping group
干预措施: Kinesio taping (Other)
Combination treatment group
NSAIDs plus Kinesio taping group
干预措施: NSAID's (Drug)
结局指标
主要结局
Visual analog scale
时间窗: 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)
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Mustafa Ozturk
M.D.,Obstetrics and Gynecology, Specialist
Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi Gulhane Tip Fakultesi