Low-dye Kinesio taping technique 4 times in 5 weeks in addition to extracorporeal shock wave therapy

Sham taping technique 4 times in 5 weeks in addition to extracorporeal shock wave therapy

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy for 5 sessions (5-week)

Plantar Fascitis

Calcaneus Spur

Kinesio tape will be applied on the plantar heel (the most painful area) of the patients for the treatment of plantar fasciitis, in addition to the extracorporeal shock wave therapy

Kinesio tape

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy will be used for all patients with plantar fasciitis. (5 sessions for 5-week)

Extracorporeal shock wave therapy

Hitit University Erol Olcok Training and Research Hospital

The Effect of Kinesio-tape and Shock Wave Therapy on Plantar Fasciitis

The Effect of Low-dye Kinesio Taping in Addition to Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy in Patients With Plantar Fasciitis

Pain on the plantar heel were evaluated with the visual analog scale (0-10 mm). High scores indicate increased pain.

Evaluation of the sensitivity of the heel by the physician (Heel tenderness index: 0= no pain, 1= painful, 2= painful and winces and 3= painful, winces and withdraws).

It measures the impact of foot pathology on function in terms of pain, disability and activity restriction. The questionnaire consists of 23 self-reported items divided into 3 subscales on the basis of patient values: pain, disability and activity limitation.

Yeliz Bahar Ozdemir

Principal Investigator

Hitit University

To ensure group concealment, randomization will be done by using opaque, sealed envelopes and the assessors will be blinded to

The KT group was taped 2 days a week for 4 weeks using the muscle and fascia correction techniques

An athletic tape with adhesive backing was used (38 mm wide-Muller Protape-The Netherlands).

Tennis Elbow

The exercises consisted of 3 sets with 20 repetitions of wrist and elbow flexion; 2 sets with 10 repetitions of wrist extension strengthening starting with 50% of the maximum strength and density increasing the resistance each week; and finally, 2 sets with 10 repetitions of the wrist flexor and extensor muscle groups comprising 20 sec of stretching and 10 sec of relaxing using the healthy hand.

Strengthening exercises

The treatment consisted of a cold pack (enclosed in a moist towel for 12 minutes around the elbow joint), TENS (in an asymmetrical biphasic wave form and burst modulation, current width 150 mms, pulse frequency 5 Hz), and deep transverse friction massage (2 minutes of application to the locally sensitive areas determined through palpation on anterolateral surface of lateral epicondyle) followed by home exercises.

Intensive Physioytherapy

Kinesio tape has been implemented on forearm of the patients for the treatment of lateral epicondylitis

Kinesio taping

By athletic taping, similar effects with Kinesio taping were aimed to gain. Considering the McConnel principles

Athletic taping

Effects of Various Taping Techniques in Lateral Epicondylitis on Functional and Ultrasonographic Outcomes

Effects of Various Taping Techniques in Lateral Epicondylitis Administered in Addition to an Intensive Physiotherapy Program on Functional and Ultrasonographic Outcomes: a Double-blind, Randomized Controlled Study

The patients were asked to grade the activities involving shoulder, arm, and hand motions within the previous week as "without any difficulty"

Grip strength was measured using a Jamar hand dynamometer in kilograms. The measurement was performed 3 times and the mean value was used for evaluation. The patients were seated on an armless chair with 90° flexion of hip and knee. The patients grasped the dynamometer for a maximum of 3 seconds while their shoulders were in adduction-neutral rotation, their wrists were in flexion, and the forearms were in semipronation to provide a stronger grip

USG examinations were performed in real-time using a GE Logiq 7 ultrasound scanner (General Electric Medical Systems, USA) with a linear 12 MHz (10-14 MHz) probe. A standard technique, as outlined by the European Society of Musculoskeletal Skeletal Radiology ultrasound subcommittee32, was employed for all tests

Muscle strength of the wrist flexion and extension was evaluated using the Biodex Multi-joint Isokinetic System 3 Pro. Measurements were performed at two different speeds: 60°/sec and 120°/sec.

Pain intensity was evaluated using the visual analog score (VAS) at night and rest-activity. The patients assigned a value for their pain between 0 and 10 on the VAS scale. In this scale, the absence of pain was marked as 0 while the most severe unbearable pain was expressed as 10.

tennis elbow/obesity

The Effect of Kinesio-tape and Shock Wave Therapy on Plantar Fasciitis

Effects of Various Taping Techniques in Lateral Epicondylitis on Functional and Ultrasonographic Outcomes

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