Is Kinesio Taping Able to Influence the Electrical Activity of Muscles in Patients With Low Back Pain?
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT02759757
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
Objectives: To test if the Kinesio Tex Gold ® is able to change the electromyographic signal of iliocostalis and longissimus muscles in patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain. Study design: Three-arm, randomized controlled trial with a blinded assessor. Location of study: Physical therapy Clinic of the Universidade Cidade de São Paulo (UNICID) Patients: Sixty-three patients with chronic nonspecific low back pain. Intervention: Patients allocated to the Kinesio Taping® group will receive the tape as described by the manufacturer's manual. The patients assigned to the placebo group will receive a Micropore tape and the control group will not receive any intervention. All groups will be assessed before and 30 minutes after intervention Measures: The following outcomes will be measured: 1) Muscle activity and 2) pain intensity. Limitations: Therapists will not be blinded.
Study details
- Official title
- Is Kinesio Taping Able to Influence the Electrical Activity of Muscles in Patients With Low Back Pain? A Controlled Randomized Trial
- Conditions
- Interventions
- Other: Kinesio Taping
- Other: Placebo
- Sponsor
- Leandro Pires
- Organization
- Universidade Cidade de Sao Paulo
- Start date
- 2016-05
- Primary completion
- 2016-10
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 18 Years to 65 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Total sites listed
- 0
Eligibility criteria
Show eligibility criteria (verbatim from the registry)
Inclusion Criteria: * Patients with chronic low back pain (with a duration of at least 3 months), with or without leg pain. Exclusion Criteria: * patients who have used the Kinesio Taping previously * any contraindications to the use of Kinesio Tex Gold®, such as allergy or severe skin problems. * patients with nerve root compromise * patients with fracture, tumor, inflammatory and/or infectious diseases * patients with severe cardiorespiratory and/or metabolic diseases * previous spinal surgery
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02759757