Immediate effects of Kinesio taping in carpal tunnel syndrome: A randomized controlled double-blind ultrasonographic study.
J Hand Ther
; 2024 Feb 14.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
The effects of Kinesio taping (KT) in carpal tunnel syndrome are controversial.PURPOSE:
This study aimed to examine whether KT has any effect on the skin, subcutaneous tissue, and median nerve measurements and to compare the effects of two different KT applications. STUDYDESIGN:
This is a prospective, double-blinded, randomized trial. This study was prospectively registered on the clinicaltrials.gov (NCT05475197). A total of 34 wrists (21 patients) who were clinically and electrophysiologically diagnosed with mild/moderate carpal tunnel syndrome were randomly divided into two KT intervention groups (group 1 neural technique and area correction technique and group 2 area correction technique).METHODS:
At baseline and immediately after the removal of KT (48 hours), pain was assessed with visual analog scale, hand grip strength with a hand-held dynamometer, and pinch strength using a pinch meter. Likewise, using ultrasound, skin and subcutaneous tissue thicknesses, median nerve cross-sectional area and flattening ratio, as well as median nerve depth were measured at the carpal tunnel inlet and outlet levels.RESULTS:
While there was significant improvement in the pain scores (compared to the baseline) immediately after the KT in both groups (group 1 p = 0.03, ηp2 = 0.44; group 2 p < 0.001, ηp2 = 0.71), there was no difference in between (p = 0.07, ηp2 = 0.10). Grip strength significantly increased only in group 2 (p = 0.01, ηp2 = 0.35). None of the sonographic measurements displayed significant difference either within or between groups at baseline and after KT (all p > 0.05).CONCLUSIONS:
While pain scores improved after KT, they were not coupled with any morphologic changes assessed by ultrasound.
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2024
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