RT Journal Article
T1 Effects of a supervised exercise program in addition to electrical stimulation or kinesio taping in low back pain: a randomized controlled trial
A1 Aguilar-Ferrándiz, María Encarnación
A1 Matarán-Peñarrocha, Guillermo A.
A1 Tapia-Haro, Rosa María
A1 Castellote-Caballero, Yolanda
A1 Martí-García, Celia
A1 Castro-Sánchez, Adelaida María
K1 Lumbalgia
AB Chronic low back pain it is one of the most common health problems worldwide. Usually is accompanied by a complex set of symptoms and generates significant direct and indirect socioeconomic and health costs. From a therapeutic point of view, there are a wide variety of methods to address the treatment of this pathology, however, these therapies have not been shown definitive efficacy. To investigate the effect of a mixed treatment with exercise and electrical stimulation versus exercise and kinesio taping in patients with non-specific chronic low back pain. A total of 58 patients participated in this single-blinded randomised clinical trial. Participants were assigned to the exercises- kinesio taping group, or exercises- analgesic current group, both received 12 treatment sessions. Disability, fear of movement, anxiety, depression, sleeps quality, pain, lower limb mechanosensitivity and pressure-pain thresholds were recorded at baseline and after 4 weeks of treatment. The 2 × 2 mixed analysis of covariance test showed statistically significant differences between groups for pain (P = 0.046). Pair-wise comparisons with baseline demonstrated significant differences for both groups in pain (P ≤ 0.001), disability (P ≤ 0.001), pressure-pain thresholds (P ≤ 0.044), lower limb mechanosensitivity, (P ≤ 0.047), anxiety (P ≤ 0.001), depression (P ≤ 0.001) and sleep quality (P ≤ 0.010). Patients with chronic low back pain who received a combined treatment of exercises and kinesio taping or analgesic current showed an improvement in pain, disability, anxiety, depression and sleep pattern. Moreover, exercises combined with electrotherapy produces greater improvements over these variables.
PB Springer Nature
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/32846
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/32846
LA eng
NO Aguilar-Ferrándiz, M. E., Matarán-Peñarrocha, G. A., Tapia-Haro, R. M., Castellote-Caballero, Y., Martí-García, C., & Castro-Sánchez, A. M. (2022). Effects of a supervised exercise program in addition to electrical stimulation or kinesio taping in low back pain: a randomized controlled trial. Scientific reports, 12(1), 11430.
NO This work was supported by the Subsidies for the Financing I + D + i of Biomedical and Health Sciences in Andalusia [PC-0185-2017, PC-0253-2017 and PC-0536-2017 (Coordinated Project)], and funded by a research grant (PI18/00562 Proyecto E-CEPEDOL co-funded by FEDER—European Regional Development Fund/European Social Fund “A way to make Europe”/“Investing in your future”) from the Carlos III Health Institute.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
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