[The influence of kinesiotaping on lumbar spine pain].
BACKGROUND
Pain in the lumbosacral spine is currently one of the most common pain complaints among the elderly. About 72% of the Polish population younger than 40 years have at least once been treated by a doctor for back pain. Degenerative changes of intervertebral joints, overloads, intervertebral disc diseases, and dysfunction of spinal ligaments are very often responsible for the formation of back pain, which is basically a problem of the elderly,


METHODS
The study was conducted among 60 residents of a Nursing Home in Szczecin with chronic lumbar pain. The age range was 56-85 years. Subjects were randomly divided into two groups of 30 (study group, where KinesioTaping was used, and a control group without KinesioTaping application). To assess the degree of pain experienced by the patient a visual analogue scale (VAS) in the horizontal format from 0-10 was used, on which subjects scored the severity of pain. Flexion, extension, tilt and rotation were measured with a tape to assess spinal and trunk mobility.


RESULTS
In all patients, who had a KinesioTaping patch applied on the lumbosacral spine pain measured by VAS reduced (p ≤ 0.001). Considering respondents' sex, the spine mobility in the tilting position improved in men in the study group in terms of tilting to both sides. In all patients, the application of a KinesioTaping patch significantly improved the rotation to the right side (p ≤ 0.05), scores in the "finger-floor" flexion test (p ≤ 0.01), and the extension range (p ≤ 0.01).


CONCLUSIONS
KinesioTaping is a beneficial method reducing pain and improving the mobility in the lumbosacral spine. The improvement was independent of the sex of the respondents.
Zaneta
Z
Ciosek
Lukasz
L
Kopacz
Lukasz
L
Samulak
Agata
A
Kaźmierczak
Iwona
I
Rotter
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D055052:Athletic Tape / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018953:Kinesiology, Applied / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D017116:Low Back Pain / Q000628:therapy*; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055013:Osteoarthritis, Spine / Q000628:therapy*; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods; D011044:Poland; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome