Tezel Nihal, Can Aslı, Karaahmet Özgür, Gürçay Eda
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ankara Gaziler Physical Therapy and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey.
Turk J Phys Med Rehabil. 2020 Mar 3;66(1):60-66. doi: 10.5606/tftrd.2020.3298. eCollection 2020 Mar.
This study aims to evaluate short-term effects of kinesiotaping (KT) on pain, arm function, grip strength, and wrist extensor strength in patients with chronic lateral epicondylitis (LE).
A total of 48 patients (32 females, 16 males years; mean age 47.6 years; range 27 to 67 years) with chronic LE were randomly assigned to either KT group (n=27) or sham group (n=21). Pain intensity with visual analog sclae (VAS), arm pain and function with Patient-Rated Tennis Elbow Evaluation Questionnaire (PRTEE), grip strength with hand dynamometer, and wrist extensor strength by an isokinetic device were evaluated before and at the end of the treatment. The KT stayed on for five days and the procedure was repeated for three times.
Although pain and functional levels of patients with chronic LE were significantly improved both with KT (pain, p=0.001; function, p=0.001) and sham groups (pain, p=0.001; function, p=0.001), no significant difference was observed between the groups.
Both KT and sham taping provided similar improvement in pain relief through arm functions in patients with chronic LE.
本研究旨在评估肌内效贴布（KT）对慢性外侧上髁炎（LE）患者疼痛、手臂功能、握力和腕伸肌力量的短期影响。
总共48例慢性LE患者（32例女性，16例男性；平均年龄47.6岁；范围27至67岁）被随机分配到KT组（n = 27）或假贴组（n = 21）。在治疗前和治疗结束时，采用视觉模拟量表（VAS）评估疼痛强度，采用患者自评网球肘评估问卷（PRTEE）评估手臂疼痛和功能，采用握力计评估握力，采用等速装置评估腕伸肌力量。KT贴布保留5天，该过程重复3次。
尽管慢性LE患者的疼痛和功能水平在KT组（疼痛，p = 0.001；功能，p = 0.001）和假贴组（疼痛，p = 0.001；功能，p = 0.001）中均有显著改善，但两组之间未观察到显著差异。
对于慢性LE患者，KT和假贴布在通过手臂功能缓解疼痛方面提供了相似的改善效果。
