title: The effect of Kinesiotape application on functional performance in surgeons who have musculo-skeletal pain after performing surgery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Surgeons make up a unique group that is at risk for developing work-related     musculoskeletal symptoms. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect     of Kinesiotape technique on pain and functional performance in surgeons who have     musculoskeletal system pain after performing surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  32     surgeons between the ages of 27 and 44 yrs working in a university hospital were     included. The Visual Analog Scale (VAS) was used to evaluate the surgeons' neck     and low back pain and the Oswestry Low Back and Neck Disability Indexes were     used to determine the impact of pain on daily living activities. First, surgeons     were evaluated without Kinesiotape application, then evaluated again on the     first day and fourth day of Kinesiotape application.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results showed     that surgeons had a significant reduction in neck and low back pain (p <     0.05). There were improvements in both Oswestry Low Back Disability Index and     Neck Disability Index scores when compared with their initial status (p <     0.05). After Kinesiotape application, neck and low back range of motions' scores     showed an increase (p < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings demonstrated that Kinesio     taping would be an effective method for reducing neck and low back pain and     improving functional performance.
authors.affiliation: Gazi University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy Rehabilitation, Ankara, Turkey. nihankaratas86@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Nihan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Karatas
authors.forename: Seda
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bicici
authors.forename: Gul
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Baltaci
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Caner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001458:Bandages; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D059352:Musculoskeletal Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D019547:Neck Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D009493:Neurosurgery; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010820:Physicians; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular