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      Immediate and short-term effects of kinesiotaping on muscular activity, mobility, strength and pain after rotator cuff surgery: a crossover clinical trial

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          Background

          Kinesiotape (KT) is widely used in musculoskeletal rehabilitation as an adjuvant to treatment, but minimal evidence supports its use. The aim of this study is to determine the immediate and short-term effects of shoulder KT on muscular activity, mobility, strength and pain after rotator cuff surgery.

          Methods

          Thirty-nine subjects who underwent shoulder rotator cuff surgery were tested 6 and 12 weeks post-surgery, without tape, with KT and with a sham tape (ST). KT and ST were applied in a randomized order. For each condition, the muscular activity of the upper trapezius, three parts of the deltoid and the infraspinatus were measured during shoulder flexion, and range of motion (ROM) and pain intensity were assessed. At 12 weeks, the isometric strength at 90° of shoulder flexion, related muscular activity and pain intensity were also measured. Subjects maintained the last tape that was applied for three days and recorded the pain intensity at waking up and during the day.

          Results

          Modifications in muscle activity were observed with KT and with ST. Major changes in terms of decreased recruitment of the upper trapezius were observed with KT ( P < 0.001). KT and ST also increased flexion ROM at 6 weeks ( P = 0.004), but the differences with the no tape condition were insufficient to be clinically important. No other differences between conditions were found.

          Conclusions

          Shoulder taping has the potential to decrease over-activity of the upper trapezius, but no clinical benefits of KT on ROM, strength or pain were noted in a population of subjects who underwent rotator cuff surgery.

          Trial registration

          The study was retrospectively registered on ClinicalTrials.gov PRS ( NCT03379636) on 21st December 2017.

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            Analysis of outcome measures for persons with patellofemoral pain: which are reliable and valid?

            To examine the test-retest reliability, validity, and responsiveness of several outcome measures in the treatment of patellofemoral pain. Evaluation of the clinimetric properties of individual outcome measures for patellofemoral pain treatment, using data collected from a previously published randomized controlled trial (RCT). General community and private practice. The data from 71 persons enrolled in an RCT of a conservative intervention for patellofemoral pain were used to evaluate the measures' validity and responsiveness. A subset of this cohort (n=20) was used to assess reliability. Not applicable. Three 10-cm visual analog scales (VASs) for usual pain (VAS-U), worst pain (VAS-W), and pain on 6 aggravating activities (walking, running, squatting, sitting, ascending and descending stairs) (VAS-activity); the Functional Index Questionnaire (FIQ); the Anterior Knee Pain Scale (AKPS); and the global rating of change. The test-retest reliability ranged from poor (intraclass correlation coefficient [ICC]=.49) to good (ICC=.83), and the measures correlated moderately with each other (r range,.56-.72). Median change scores differed significantly between improved and unimproved persons for all measures. The effect sizes for VAS-U (.79), VAS-W (.88), and the AKPS (.98) were large, indicating greater responsiveness than the FIQ (.37) and VAS-activity (.66). Similarly, the AKPS and VAS-W were the most efficient measures for detecting a treatment effect when compared with a reference measure (VAS-U, which was assigned a value of 1). The minimal difference that patients or clinicians consider clinically important for the AKPS is 10 (out of 100) points and for the VAS it is 2cm (out of 10cm). The AKPS and VAS for usual or worst pain are reliable, valid, and responsive and are therefore recommended for future clinical trials or clinical practice in assessing treatment outcome in persons with patellofemoral pain.
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              The clinical effects of Kinesio® Tex taping: A systematic review.

              Kinesio(®) Tex tape (KTT) is used in a variety of clinical settings. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of KTT from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in the management of clinical conditions. A systematic literature search of CINAHL; MEDLINE; OVID; AMED; SCIENCE DIRECT; PEDRO; www.internurse.com; SPORT DISCUS; BRITISH NURSING INDEX; www.kinesiotaping.co.uk; www.kinesiotaping.com; COCHRANE CENTRAL REGISTER OF CLINICAL TRIALS; and PROQUEST was performed up to April 2012. The risk of bias and quality of evidence grading was performed using the Cochrane collaboration methodology. Eight RCTs met the full inclusion/exclusion criteria. Six of these included patients with musculoskeletal conditions; one included patients with breast-cancer-related lymphedema; and one included stroke patients with muscle spasticity. Six studies included a sham or usual care tape/bandage group. There was limited to moderate evidence that KTT is no more clinically effective than sham or usual care tape/bandage. There was limited evidence from one moderate quality RCT that KTT in conjunction with physiotherapy was clinically beneficial for plantar fasciitis related pain in the short term; however, there are serious questions around the internal validity of this RCT. There currently exists insufficient evidence to support the use of KTT over other modalities in clinical practice.
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                Contributors
                Fabienne.Reynard@crr-suva.ch
                Philippe.Vuistiner@crr-suva.ch
                Bertrand.Leger@crr-suva.ch
                Michel.Konzelmann@crr-suva.ch
                Journal
                BMC Musculoskelet Disord
                BMC Musculoskelet Disord
                BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
                BioMed Central (London )
                1471-2474
                22 August 2018
                22 August 2018
                2018
                : 19
                : 305
                Affiliations
                [1 ]ISNI 0000 0004 0516 5912, GRID grid.483411.b, Department of Physiotherapy, , Clinique romande de réadaptation Suva, ; Sion, Switzerland
                [2 ]ISNI 0000 0004 0516 5912, GRID grid.483411.b, Institute for Research in Rehabilitation, , Clinique romande de réadaptation Suva, ; Sion, Switzerland
                [3 ]ISNI 0000 0004 0516 5912, GRID grid.483411.b, Department of Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, , Clinique romande de réadaptation Suva, ; Sion, Switzerland
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                http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3035-3651
                Article
                2169
                10.1186/s12891-018-2169-5
                6106764
                30134883
                9c55a64b-9584-4784-950a-34bb8f7984a2
                © The Author(s). 2018

                Open AccessThis article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver ( http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.

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                : 26 January 2018
                : 4 July 2018
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                Orthopedics
                athletic tape,electromyography,rehabilitation,musculoskeletal disorder,shoulder
                Orthopedics
                athletic tape, electromyography, rehabilitation, musculoskeletal disorder, shoulder

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