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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02550457
Date of registration: 11/09/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
Public title: Kinesio Taping on Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain
Scientific title: Effects of Kinesio Taping on Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Date of first enrolment: September 2015
Target sample size: 108
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02550457
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Brazil
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Female between 18 and 50 years of age with chronic nonspecific low back pain for more
than three months.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Serious spinal pathologies (fractures, tumors, and inflammatory pathologies such as
ankylosing spondylitis);

- Nerve root compromise (disc herniation and spondylolisthesis with neurological
compromise, spinal stenosis, and others);

- Fibromyalgia

- Corticosteroid treatment in the previous two weeks;

- Antiinflammatory treatment in the previous 24 hours;

- Contraindications to the use of Kinesio Taping (allergy or intolerance);

- Score of two or less on Visual Analogue Scale of the first day;

- Pregnancy;

- Previous Kinesio Tape therapy on lumbar.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 50 Years
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Low Back Pain
Intervention(s)
Other: Functional elastic tape tensioned
Other: Functional elastic tape non-tensioned
Other: Rigid Tape
Primary Outcome(s)
Painful sensation [Time Frame: Evaluation of pain sensation three days after the application of the tape.]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
056666/2015
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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