A Comparison Between the Effect of Combined Chain Exercises Plus Kinesio Taping With Combined Chain Exercises Alone in Knee Osteoarthritis

Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to examine the effect of Kinesio taping as an adjunct to combined chain exercises compared with combined chain exercises alone in the management of individuals with knee osteoarthritis. Methods: A total of 60 (27 male, 33 female) individuals (age range = 50-71 yrs and mean age = 54.26 ± 8.83 yrs) diagnosed as having mild to moderate knee osteoarthritis (based on the Kellgren and Lawrence grade I-III classification) were randomly allocated into two groups with 30 participants each in the Kinesio taping + combined chain exercises and combined chain exercises groups. Participants in the Kinesio taping + combined chain exercises group received Kinesio taping plus combined chain exercises and those in the combined chain exercises group received only combined chain exercises. Each participant was assessed for pain, range of motion, functional mobility, and quality of life at baseline and after 8 wks of intervention. A mixed-design multivariate analysis of variance was used to analyze the treatment effect. Results: No significant differences were observed in the baseline characteristics of participants in both groups. The result indicated that there was a significant time effect for all outcomes, with a significant interaction between time and intervention (P < 0.001). The Bonferroni post hoc analyses of time and intervention effects indicated that the Kinesio taping + combined chain exercises group improved significantly better than the combined chain exercises group in all outcomes, pain (mean = 2.01 [0.64] vs. 3.94 [1.12], F[df] = 5.466[1,58], P = 0.011), flexion range of motion (mean = 121.15 [2.07] vs. 104.28 [3.24], F[df] = 26.722 [1,58], P < 0.001), functional mobility (mean = 19.47 [1.95] vs. 31.01 [2.39], F[df] = 29.436 [1,58], P < 0.001), and quality of life (mean = 68.76 [3.19] vs. 45.62 [2.87], F[df] = 71.984[1,58], P < 0.001), after 8 wks of intervention. Conclusions: The findings of this study concluded that Kinesio taping + combined chain exercises and combined chain exercises were both effective but Kinesio taping plus combined chain exercises was more effective in the management of individuals with knee osteoarthritis.

Characterization and critical appraisal of physiotherapy intervention research in Nigeria: a systematic review

“…On assessment for the test of normality of dataset, 12 (15.8%) studies [ 25 , 26 , 32 , 38 , 40 , 41 , 52 , 54 , 63 , 69 , 70 , 84 , 96 ] performed a normality test. Eleven of them [ 22 , 32 , 38 , 40 , 41 , 52 , 54 , 63 , 69 , 70 , 84 , 96 ] used the Shapiro–Wilk test while Abdulahi [ 38 ] employed Kolmogorov test. Besides the lack of normality test.…”

Kinesiological Treatment of Early Spine Osteoarthritis in a Motorcyclist

“…Off-road motorcycling is considered a well-known sport, and because prevention is better than cure, the best support for these athletes could be the implementation of clinical joint examination in the limbs and spine instead of focusing primarily on the cardiorespiratory system [ 40 , 41 ]. Aware of the literature debate around Kinesio taping’s effect on musculoskeletal disorders [ 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 ], we decided to utilize it as a support therapy in the pain management administered through antalgic therapy based on the evidence reported by many authors about the positive effect of Kinesio taping application in conjunction with exercises [ 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 ], and its validity in the treatment and prevention of spine injuries [ 56 , 57 , 58 , 59 ]. Nevertheless, for low back pain treatment, the kinesiological approach, i.e., exercise administration, is strongly suggested because it effectively generates improvements compared with manual therapy or conservative treatment [ 60 , 61 , 62 ].…”

Does kinesio taping plus exercise improve pain and function in patients with knee osteoarthritis?: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

“…et al, 2014;Castrogiovanni et al, 2016;Sedhom, 2016;Aydogdu et al, 2017;Günaydin and Bayrakci Tunay, 2020;Oguz et al, 2021), low risk in one study (Dhanakotti et al, 2016) and unclear risk in other studies. Blinding of outcome assessments reached in three studies (Taheri et al, 2017;Leon-Ballesteros et al, 2020;Danazumi et al, 2021) and was not mentioned in other studies. Low risk of bias due to incomplete outcome data and selective outcome reporting was not detected in all the included studies.…”

“…The 35 full text articles were evaluated in full texts according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Finally, 16 studies were included to perform the meta-analysis (Malgaonkar and Rizvi, 2014;Castrogiovanni et al, 2016;Dhanakotti et al, 2016;Sarallahi et al, 2016;Sedhom, 2016;Aydogdu et al, 2017;Saswadkar et al, 2017;Taheri et al, 2017;Tripathi and Hande, 2017;Bao et al, 2018;Choi, 2018;Günaydin and Bayrakci Tunay, 2020;Leon-Ballesteros et al, 2020;Varma and Purohit, 2020;Danazumi et al, 2021;Oguz et al, 2021). In the excluded articles, no exercise was performed on ten studies, two were cross-sectional studies, one was a comment study, two were self-control studies, two studies were not randomized, one study had no data and one study had only one group (details were shown in Supplementary File S3).…”