Comparison of two ways of using tapings in patients with back pain.

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• Last refreshed on: 29 April 2013
• Main ID: RBR-7ggfkv
• Date of registration: 17/01/2012
• Primary sponsor: Universidade Cidade de São Paulo - Brazil
• Public title: Comparison of two ways of using tapings in patients with back pain.
• Scientific title: Comparison of two techniques for using the Kinesio Taping in patients with chronic non-specific low back pain: a randomized controlled trial.
• Date of first enrolment: 01/03/2012
• Target sample size: 148
• Recruitment status: not yet recruiting
• URL: http://www.ensaiosclinicos.gov.br/rg/RBR-7ggfkv/
• Study design: Therapeutic, parallel assignment, single-blind, two-arms, randomized-controlled clinical trial.

Countries of recruitment

Brazil

Contacts

• Name: Leonardo Costa
• Affiliation: Universidade Cidade de São Paulo

• Name: Leonardo Costa
• Affiliation: Universidade Cidade de São Paulo

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Chronic low back pain in patients that were seeking care; patients with chronic low back pain from the community; Patients with a pain intensity level of at least 3 points on a 0-10 Pain Numerical Rating Scale.
Exclusion criteria: Patients with any contra-indication for the interventions (i.e. lumbar stenosis, spinal fractures, cancer, acute infections, lumbar osteoporosis, acute rheumatic conditions, any bleeding diseases, spinal tuberculosis, and deep venous trombosis, allergy or intolerance to the material).

Age minimum: 18Y
Age maximum: 80Y
Gender: -

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Chronic low back pain.
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Intervention(s)

The tapings will use placed on the patients using different tensions: Group 1 - no tension; Group 2 - tension defined by the clinical jugdement of the therapist. Both groups will receive eight sessions of treatment (i.e. twice a week with a two-day interval between them) over four weeks.

Primary Outcome(s)

Patients will be assessed with regards to pain intensity and disability by using the numerical pain rating scale and Roland Morris disability questionnaire, respectively. We expect that patients receiving these interventions will experience clinically important improvements in pain and disability.

Secondary Outcome(s)

Global perceived effect will be measured by the global perceived effect scale.We expect that patients receiving these interventions will experience clinically important improvements in global perceived effect.

Secondary ID(s)

PP13603502

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Universidade Cidade de São Paulo - Brazil

FAPESP - São Paulo, SP, Brazil

CNPq - DF, Brazil

Secondary Sponsor(s)

Equipe Ricardo Takahashi - São Paulo, SP, Brazil