Effect of Kinesio Taping in Patients with Cervical Radiculopathy: A Longitudinal Study
Introduction: Cervical radiculopathy is the clinical condition when a nerve root in the cervical spine becomes inflamed or damaged due to compression because of various reasons resulting in a change in neurological function. Kinesio taping is a treatment method used by physical therapists to improve...
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| description | Introduction: Cervical radiculopathy is the clinical condition when a nerve root in the cervical spine becomes inflamed or damaged due to compression because of various reasons resulting in a change in neurological function. Kinesio taping is a treatment method used by physical therapists to improve symptoms associated with musculoskeletal disorders. It can be stretched to 140% of its original length before being applied to the skin. It subsequently provides a constant pulling (shear) force to the skin, unlike traditional athletic tape.
Aim: To study the effect of kinesio taping on pain, neck disability and physical function of upper limb in cervical radiculopathy.
Materials and Methods: This longitudinal study was carried out at SGT Hospital Gurugram, Haryana, India, between February 2018 to August 2018. Fifty subjects, aged 18-50 years with positive response for the 4 test item cluster described by Wainner RS et al., were included in the study and were given manual therapy treatment, cervical stabilisation exercises and kinesio taping. There were three sessions per week for a total of four weeks. Neck Disability Index (NDI), Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) and Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) questionnaire were the outcome measures. The readings were noted at pre-level (0 week), mid-levels (at 2 weeks weeks) and at post-levels (at 4 weeks weeks). Comparison of different values was done using paired t-test. Level of significance was taken at p-value <0.05.
Results: The mean age of patients was 48.1±11.9 years. The NDI scores at 0 weeks, at 2 weeks, at 4 weeks were 46.00±4.96, 30.48±4.56, 14.84±3.94, respectively. The DASH scores at 0 weeks, at 2 weeks, at 4 weeks were 59.52±7.55, 34.49±8.70, 0.74±0.69, respectively. The NPRS scores at 0 weeks, at 2 weeks, at 4 weeks were 8.72±0.7, 5.10±1.07, 0.74±0.69. All the variables showed significant improvement between different intervals.
Conclusion: Kinesio taping method along with manual therapy treatment, cervical stabilisation exercises was effective in treating patients with cervical radiculopathy. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b9846a1c14314dd9b2486dce5249b35e2023-02-06T10:48:47ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2022-03-01163KC01KC0410.7860/JCDR/2022/46811.16115Effect of Kinesio Taping in Patients with Cervical Radiculopathy: A Longitudinal StudyKopal Pajnee0Sheetal Kalra1Joginder Yadav2Research Scholar, Department of Physiotherapy, SGT University, Gurugram, Haryana, India.Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, SGT University, Gurugram, Haryana, India.Professor, Department of Physiotherapy, SGT University, Gurugram, Haryana, India.Introduction: Cervical radiculopathy is the clinical condition when a nerve root in the cervical spine becomes inflamed or damaged due to compression because of various reasons resulting in a change in neurological function. Kinesio taping is a treatment method used by physical therapists to improve symptoms associated with musculoskeletal disorders. It can be stretched to 140% of its original length before being applied to the skin. It subsequently provides a constant pulling (shear) force to the skin, unlike traditional athletic tape. Aim: To study the effect of kinesio taping on pain, neck disability and physical function of upper limb in cervical radiculopathy. Materials and Methods: This longitudinal study was carried out at SGT Hospital Gurugram, Haryana, India, between February 2018 to August 2018. Fifty subjects, aged 18-50 years with positive response for the 4 test item cluster described by Wainner RS et al., were included in the study and were given manual therapy treatment, cervical stabilisation exercises and kinesio taping. There were three sessions per week for a total of four weeks. Neck Disability Index (NDI), Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) and Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) questionnaire were the outcome measures. The readings were noted at pre-level (0 week), mid-levels (at 2 weeks weeks) and at post-levels (at 4 weeks weeks). Comparison of different values was done using paired t-test. Level of significance was taken at p-value <0.05. Results: The mean age of patients was 48.1±11.9 years. The NDI scores at 0 weeks, at 2 weeks, at 4 weeks were 46.00±4.96, 30.48±4.56, 14.84±3.94, respectively. The DASH scores at 0 weeks, at 2 weeks, at 4 weeks were 59.52±7.55, 34.49±8.70, 0.74±0.69, respectively. The NPRS scores at 0 weeks, at 2 weeks, at 4 weeks were 8.72±0.7, 5.10±1.07, 0.74±0.69. All the variables showed significant improvement between different intervals. Conclusion: Kinesio taping method along with manual therapy treatment, cervical stabilisation exercises was effective in treating patients with cervical radiculopathy.https://www.jcdr.net/articles/PDF/16115/46811_CE[Ra1]_F[SH]_GC(AnK)_PF1(SC_SS)_PFA(SL)_PB(SC_SL)_PN(SHU).pdfcervical stabilisation exercisesdisability of the armmanual therapyneck disability indexnumeric pain rating scaleshoulder and hand questionnaire |
| spellingShingle | Kopal Pajnee Sheetal Kalra Joginder Yadav Effect of Kinesio Taping in Patients with Cervical Radiculopathy: A Longitudinal Study Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research cervical stabilisation exercises disability of the arm manual therapy neck disability index numeric pain rating scale shoulder and hand questionnaire |
| title | Effect of Kinesio Taping in Patients with Cervical Radiculopathy: A Longitudinal Study |
| title_full | Effect of Kinesio Taping in Patients with Cervical Radiculopathy: A Longitudinal Study |
| title_fullStr | Effect of Kinesio Taping in Patients with Cervical Radiculopathy: A Longitudinal Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of Kinesio Taping in Patients with Cervical Radiculopathy: A Longitudinal Study |
| title_short | Effect of Kinesio Taping in Patients with Cervical Radiculopathy: A Longitudinal Study |
| title_sort | effect of kinesio taping in patients with cervical radiculopathy a longitudinal study |
| topic | cervical stabilisation exercises disability of the arm manual therapy neck disability index numeric pain rating scale shoulder and hand questionnaire |
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