Efficacy of kinesiotape on functional disability of women with postnatal back pain: A randomized controlled trial

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

Postpartum low back pain harmfully affects all parts of women’s life.

OBJECTIVE:

To investigate the effect of kinesiotape on women with postnatal backache.

METHODS:

Thirty participants were randomly allocated to either group (A; $n=$ 15), treated by kinesiotape with exercise program, or the group (B; $n=$ 15), treated by exercise program. Visual analogue scale (VAS) and Back Pain Function Scale (BPFS) were evaluated.at baseline and after 2 weeks of intervention.

RESULTS:

There were no statistically significant changes between group A and group B for baseline characteristics ( $p>$ 0.05). After two-week intervention, within group analyses revealed that VAS decreased ( $p<$ 0.05), with significant increase in BPFS ( $p>$ 0.05) in the two groups. Between group analyses showed that there was significant reduction of VAS ( $p<$ 0.05) and significant increase of BPFS ( $p<$ 0.05) in favor to group A than group B.

CONCLUSIONS:

Kinesiotape and postural correction exercises can be recommended as effective treatment methods for women’s postnatal back pain with better effect of kinesiotape and postural correction exercises than exercise alone.