Trial | NCT02663050  Report issue

Title

The Effect of Kinesio Taping Application for Dysmenorrhea
The Effect of Kinesio Taping Application for Dysmenorrhea: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trial

  • Phase

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Interventional

  • Status

    Unknown status

  • Intervention/Treatment

    diclofenac ...

  • Study Participants

    150
Dysmenorrhea is a common symptom in daily practice of gynecology. Different kind of treatment strategies are being held. But invasive and pharmacological therapies have good outcome with systemic side effects. Kinesio taping is being widely used in different pain conditions. Kinesio taping is a noninvasive and nonpharmacological, easy-to-use intervention method which can be used in outpatient practice without systemic side effects.
Dysmenorrhea is a kind of visceral pain that result of peritoneal irritation. It is so common in gynecological outpatient practice. Most of treatment is based pharmacological treatments as NSAIDs, oral contraceptives with many side effects. Kinesio taping is widely used for musculoskeletal parenchymal pain like sports related injuries. As in other complementary treatment methods like acupuncture and acupressure; pain carrying unmyelinated thin pain fibers are blocked by touch sensation carrying myelinated thick fibers which is stimulated by acupressure(gate control theory by Melzack), kinesio taping blocks the pain fibers that comes from same spinal level. So it can be used easily and instantly for dismenore
Study Started
Feb 29
2016
Primary Completion
Mar 31
2016
Anticipated
Study Completion
Apr 30
2016
Anticipated
Last Update
Feb 29
2016
Estimate

Other Kinesio taping

Patients will be taped for four days , ıt will start at the begining of the Dysmenorrhea

Drug NSAID's

twice a daily

  • Other names: Diclophenac Potassium

Kinesio taping group Experimental

only Kinesio taping treatment group

NSAID treatment group Active Comparator

only NSAIDs taking group

Combination treatment group Active Comparator

NSAIDs plus Kinesio taping group

Criteria 

Inclusion Criteria:

Dysmenorrhea

Exclusion Criteria:

pregnancy
surgical abdominal emergency
metabolic or inflammatory illnesses or cardiovascular diseases,
endocrine disorders such as diabetes, thyroid disorders, androgen excess (hyperprolactinemia, uncontrolled thyroid disease, congenital adrenal hyperplasia, Cushing's syndrome, androgen-secreting tumor),
smokers
using pharmaceutical agents such as anti-inflammatory agents that could possibly impact on endocrine and liver enzymes
musculoskeletal pain
inguinal hernia
No Results Posted