Kinesiotaping in Isolated Meniscus Injuries
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-50
SponsorBandırma Onyedi Eylül University
About this trial
The effect of kinesiotaping on pain and functionality in isolated meniscus injuries.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Ages 18-50
Knee pain lasting longer than 2 weeks
Having a diagnosis of isolated meniscus injury (grade 1, 2 or 3 meniscus degeneration) confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
Not having undergone knee surgery in the last 6 months
Disqualifiers
Trauma history
Anterior or posterior cruciate ligament injury
Collateral ligament injuries
Advanced knee osteoarthritis
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
sham taping
Procedure/Surgerysham taping will be applied three times, once every five days. the sham group will have the tape simply applied to the skin without any tension (perpendicular to the quadriceps muscle, tension-free). Kinesiotapes do not contain any medication; their effect depends on the technique (facilitation, inhibition, etc.) and tension level (10%, 25%, 50%, 75%).
Exercise
Behavioralrengthening exercises for the quadriceps and hamstring muscles, stretching exercises around the knee, proprioceptive exercises, and activity modification.
kinesiotaping
Procedure/SurgeryKinesiotaping will be applied three times, once every five days. Kinesiotaping will be applied to the group with a specific tension and technique (quadriceps facilitation technique, "Y" tape shape, applied with 25-50% tension). Kinesiotapes do not contain any medication; their effect depends on the technique (facilitation, inhibition, etc.) and tension level (10%, 25%, 50%, 75%).
Treatment groups
75 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groupsGroup A: ExercisesExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: kinesiotapingExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group C: sham tapingExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
VAS
The VAS (Visual Analog Scale) will be used to determine the severity of knee pain. The VAS is a reliable and easily applicable scale accepted worldwide in the literature for measuring the severity of pain in patients. The Visual Analog Scale is used to convert values that cannot be measured numerically into numerical values. It is a scale where the starting point is -0- "no pain" and the other end is -10- "very severe pain," with numerical values assigned to each centimeter (cm) in one-centimeter increments.
Time frame
3 months2
WOMAC
The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) is a widely used, valid, and reliable index for evaluating patients with osteoarthritis. It is also very commonly used in knee problems other than osteoarthritis to assess knee pain and knee function. It is a recommended metric for osteoarthritis studies by the Outcome Measures in Rheumatology Clinical Trials (OMERACT). The WOMAC OA index, validated and proven reliable in Turkish by Tüzün et al., consists of three sections and 24 questions assessing pain, stiffness, and physical function. The maximum possible scores are 20 for the pain subgroup, 8 for stiffness, and 68 for physical function. Higher scores indicate increased pain and stiffness, and impaired physical function.
Time frame
3 monthsSponsors and contacts
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