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Effect of Kinesio Tape on Neck Pain in Lactating Women

ConditionNeck Pain Musculoskeletal
Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age20-30
SponsorCairo University

About this trial

This study will be conducted to investigate the effect of kinesio tape on neck pain in lactating women.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

All women are complaining from neck pain.

Their ages will be ranged from 20 to 30 years old.

Their body mass index will not exceed 30 kg/m².

They are medically stable and consented to participate in the study.

Disqualifiers

Cervical spondylosis.

Cervical disc prolapse.

History of fracture of cervical spine.

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Hot pack

    Other intervention

    The participants will be treated by hot packs on neck for 15 minutes, 3 times per weeks for 12 weeks.

  • Kinesio tape

    Other intervention

    The participants will be treated by hot packs and kinesio tape. The tape will be placed for several days (3-5 days of application) then it will be removed and repeated for 12 weeks.

Treatment groups

60 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Hot pack groupActive comparator 1 intervention
Group B: kinesio tape and hot pack groupExperimental treatment 2 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Pain intensity

Pain will be assessed through visual analogue scale (VAS) for each woman in both groups before and after treatment. It is usually a horizontal line, 100 mm long, whose ends are labeled as the extreme ("no pain" and "pain as bad as it could be"). The patient is asked to put a mark on the line indicating their pain intensity. Sometimes descriptive, such as 'mild', 'moderate', 'sever', or numbers are provided along the scale for guidance. it is valid and reliable tool to assess pain intensity.

Time frame
12 weeks
2

Pain pressure threshold

An electronic pressure algometer "Force one gauge- model FDI" (Wagner instruments, Greenwish, CT, USA) will be used to measure myofascial trigger points tenderness by determining the pain pressure threshold using a pressure probe, that's placed on the trigger point. With a 1-cm 2 rubber disc at the end of the device. Pressure will be applied perpendicularly to the skin at constant speed, and the woman will be asked to say stop at the time she started feeling pain.

Time frame
12 weeks

Secondary outcomes

1

Neck flexion range of motion

Goniometer will be used to measure neck flexion range of motion for all women in both groups before and after treatment. The axis of the goniometer will be placed over the external auditory meatus. The stationary arm placed vertically or perpendicular to the floor and the moving arm placed on the base of the nose. The participants will be asked to flex neck and the angle will be recorded. Normal cervical flexion range of motion is usually approximately 80º.

Time frame
12 weeks
2

Neck extension range of motion

Goniometer will be used to measure neck extension range of motion for all women in both groups before and after treatment. The axis of the goniometer will be placed over the external auditory meatus. The stationary arm placed vertically or perpendicular to the floor and the moving arm placed on the base of the nose. The participants will be asked to extend neck and the angle will be recorded. Normal cervical extension range of motion is usually approximately 50º.

Time frame
12 weeks
3

Neck lateral flexion range of motion

Goniometer will be used to measure neck extension range of motion for all women in both groups before and after treatment. The axis of the goniometer will be placed over the spinous process of the C7. The stationary arm placed along the imaginary line between the two acromion processes either vertically or perpendicular to the floor or horizontal and parallel to the floor and the moving arm placed over the external occipital protuberance. The participants will be asked to perform lateral flexion of the neck and the angle will be recorded. Normal cervical lateral flexion range of motion is usually approximately 45º.

Time frame
12 weeks
4

Neck rotation range of motion

Goniometer will be used to measure neck extension range of motion for all women in both groups before and after treatment. The axis of the goniometer will be placed over the over to the center of the patients' head. The stationary arm placed along an imaginary line between the two acromion processes and the moving arm placed at the tip of the nose. the participants will be asked to perform neck rotation and the angle will be recorded. Normal cervical rotation range of motion is usually approximately 80º.

Time frame
12 weeks

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Cairo University

Lead sponsor

Source ClinicalTrials.gov

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