Effect Of Kinesiotaping On Knee Function Among Knee Osteoarthritis (OA) – A Randomised Control Trial

Abstract

The study is to determine the effect of Kinesio tape on knee function among knee osteoarthritis persons. The study was conducted at Santosh medical college in Ghaziabad, U.P., India. A total of 128 people participated in this study. Participants were randomly divided between the control and experimental groups. Each group received 64 participants. Participants were explained about the study and consent was obtained from participants. A pre-test was conducted for both groups using WOMAC. Later participants were given intervention as per the protocol. The control group(n=64) received therapeutic exercises 30 minutes for thrice a day to reduce knee pain. The experimental group(n=64) received therapeutic exercise as well as Kinesiotaping, 2 times per week for 3 weeks. On completion of intervention as per protocol post-test were collected. Data was analyzed using SPSS software. Results shown that there were no significant changes in knee function among participants who received only therapeutic exercises. Participants who were receiving therapeutic exercises along with Kinesiotaping showed a significant effect on knee function. Furthermore, limitation of the study was short duration, hence long-term effect has not been studied. Another limitation found in the study is the smaller sample size due to which results cannot be generalized.  It is recommended that this study with a long duration, and larger sample size.