Efficacy of kinesio tape on neck pain and functional disability in pregnant women: a randomized controlled trial

Abstract

Efficacy of kinesio tape on neck pain and functional disability in pregnant women: a randomized controlled trial Eman A. Elhosary1, *, Mahmoud M. Ewidea2 , Marwa A. Mohamed3 1Department of Physical Therapy for Women’s Health, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Kafrelsheikh University, 33516 Kafrelsheikh, Egypt 2Department of Basic science, Faculty of Physical therapy, Kafrelsheikh University, 33516 Kafrelsheikh, Egypt 3Department of Physical Therapy for Women’s Health, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, 12613 Cairo, Egypt *Correspondence: emanabdelfatah123@yahoo.com (Eman A. Elhosary) DOI:10.31083/j.ceog.2021.01.2145 This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Submitted: May 14, 2020 Revised: September 14, 2020 Accepted: September 23, 2020 Published: February 15, 2021 Neck pain during pregnancy has negative eȞfects on the quality of a woman's life. The goal of this study was to determine the eȞficacy of kinesio-tape application on neck pain and functional activity during pregnancy. Thirty primigravid women who suȞfered from mechanical neck pain during the second and third trimester of pregnancy were recruited. They were randomly assigned to two groups: one received general antenatal advice about good posture in addition to kinesio taping for 4 weeks; the other received only general antenatal advice about good posture. Pain was assessed with the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Neck Disability Index scale (NDI) at the start of the study and aȻter 4 weeks of treatment. AȻter 4 weeks, both groups showed improvement, but the group that received advice and kinesiology taping showed significantly less pain (VAS) than did the control group, but no diȞferences in NDI scores. Kinesiology taping and antenatal advice are more eȞfective for treatment of neck pain during pregnancy than is antenatal advice alone. Keywords Kinesio taping; Neck pain; Pregnancy