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Kinesiology Taping After Thoracotomy

NCT05617235 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 88

Last updated 2022-11-15

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Summary

Effective pain control after thoracotomy increases the patient's respiratory functions and related quality of life, reduces the length of hospital stay and the amount of analgesia use. Kinesiology taping has been used in sports injuries for many years and has been used in recent years to reduce pain after major surgery. This study was conducted to examine the effect of kinesiology taping on pain, respiratory function and respiratory muscle strength in patients who underwent thoracotomy.In this prospective randomized controlled experimental study, individuals between the ages of 20-75 who underwent thoracotomy with posterolateral thoracotomy and who agreed to participate in the study were included. Unlike the control group, kinesiology taping was applied to the study group for 7 days after surgery. Pain, respiratory functions, respiratory muscle strength, amount of analgesic drug use, and quality of life were evaluated preoperatively, postoperative day 0, before tape application, postoperative 1st day, postoperative 2nd day, postoperative 7th day and postoperative 1st month.

Conditions

  • Post Operative Pain
  • Thoracotomy
  • Pulmonary Function

Interventions

DEVICE

Kinesiology taping

On the postoperative 0th day, kinesiology taping was applied to the patients in the study group whose hemodynamic status was stable after extubation by an expert physiotherapist. Investigators applied kinesiology taping as described below: 1. In order to stimulate the facilitation of the diaphragmatic function 2. Taping was applied to the latissimus dorsi and serratus anterior muscles, which were cut during the thoracotomy. 3. In addition, kinesiology taping can be performed on the trigger pain point of the patient . After 3-4 days, the tape was renewed. Thus, taping was done twice for each patient. The bands were removed at 1 week postoperatively.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Akdeniz University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Neriman Temel Aksu · Akdeniz Üniversitesi Antalya Sağlık Yüksekokulu

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
20 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-02-06
Primary Completion
2022-10-30
Completion
2022-11-01

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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