Efficacy of kinesio taping on hand functioning in patients with mild carpal tunnel syndrome. A double-blind randomized controlled trial
| Autor: | Claudio Solaro, Milena Ferrara, Alessandro de Sire, Marco Invernizzi, Renata Spalek, Claudio Curci, Carlo Cisari, Luigi Losco |
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| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
| Předmět: |
030506 rehabilitation
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.medical_treatment Pain Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation law.invention Mononeuropathy Double blind 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Randomized controlled trial law medicine Carpal tunnel In patient Carpal tunnel syndrome Carpal Joint Athletic Tape Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Hand Rehabilitation business.industry medicine.disease nervous system diseases medicine.anatomical_structure Physical therapy 0305 other medical science business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Hand Therapy. 35:605-612 |
| ISSN: | 0894-1130 |
| Popis: | Double-blind randomized controlled trial.Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a common mononeuropathy that causes pain and disability in the affected hand. Kinesio taping (KT) has been recently proposed as a promising conservative approach in CTS patients.To investigate the effectiveness of KT compared to a sham taping on symptoms and hand function in patients affected by mild CTS.Patients affected by mild CTS with symptoms for at least 8 weeks were enrolled and randomly allocated into two groups: KT group, according to the technique proposed by Kase plus specific exercises; control group, undergoing a sham taping plus specific exercise. All patients performed 2 sessions/week for 5 weeks of exercises of mobilization of fingers and carpal joint. At the baseline, after 5 weeks (T1), and after 6 months (T2), a physician unaware of patients' allocation assessed the Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire (BCTQ) symptom (BCTQ-S) and functional (BCTQ-F) subscales.Forty-two patients (mean age:54.3 ± 15.0 y) were randomly allocated into KT (n = 21) and control group (n = 21). At T1, in both groups we found a significant improvement in hand function and symptoms, as showed by BCTQ-F (KT:4.2 ± 0.7 vs 3.0 ± 0.6, P.001; sham: 2.2 ± 0.3 vs 1.7 ± 0.3, P = .012) and by BCTQ-S (KT: 2.2 ± 0.3 vs 1.7 ± 0.3, P.001; sham: 2.3 ± 0.4 vs 1.9 ± 0.5, P = .007). At T2, only in the KT group there was a significant difference in both sub-items of primary outcome. There were significantly better results in the KT group at T1 and T2.The present study showed that KT compared to a sham taping might be more effective in reducing perceived symptoms in mild CTS patients, reporting a clinically significant difference.KT might be considered as an effective technique combined to rehabilitative treatment in terms of hand function and symptoms in patients affected by mild CTS. |
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