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15th Congress of the European Forum for Research in Rehabilitation (EFRR)

15.04. - 17.04.2019, Berlin

Effects of kinesio taping on the upper-extremity motor function, pain, general health and depression in acute stroke patients

Meeting Abstract

  • corresponding author presenting/speaker Havvanur Albayrak - Istanbul Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Nur Kesiktaş - Istanbul Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Merve Yıldız Yardımcı - Istanbul Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

15th Congress of the European Forum for Research in Rehabilitation (EFRR). Berlin, 15.-17.04.2019. Düsseldorf: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House; 2019. Doc041

doi: 10.3205/19efrr041, urn:nbn:de:0183-19efrr0415

Published: April 16, 2019

© 2019 Albayrak et al.
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. See license information at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.


Outline

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Background: In stroke patients, the prognosis of the upper extremity generally affects the daily living activities more. There are studies showing that kinesiotaping improved muscle function, supported joint structure, decreased pain and improved body perception. According to the literature, there is very insufficient publication on kinesio treatment on hand in acute stroke patients.

Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of kinesio taping on pain, function, general health evaluation and depression in acute stroke patients with flask upper limb.

Method: 26 patients with flask upper extremity muscle tone were included in the study and randomized in 2:1. In addition to conventional exercise and splinting in both groups, 13 patients were taped with kinesio while other 13 patients were taped sham-type. We were used Brunnstrom, visual analog scale, Fugl Meyer Rating Scale, Health Assessment questionnaire and Beck Depression Scale to evaluate patients.

Results/findings: 3rd–6th week post-treatment Brunnstrom upper extremity score showed significant increase in kinesio group compared to pretreatment (p˂0.05). Both group showed significant decrease in 3rd–6th week VAS score (p˂0.05). In kinesio group, third-sixth week after treatment, Fugl-Meyer Wrist score showed significant (p˂0.05) increase compared to pretreatment. In addition, post-treatment 6th week HAQ score and Beck Depression inventory were significantly (p˂0.05) low compared to sham group.

Discussion and conclusions: Kinesio taping of the upper extremity in acute stroke patients established improvement in functional recovery, decrease in pain as well as development in general health assessment and depression. We recommend the application of kinesiotaping of the hand in acute stroke patients for upper extremity rehabilitation.


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