Patient case (clinical description): A 66-year-old woman comes to the office due to joint pain in the hands and periodic morning stiffness that lasts less than 15 minutes.  The pain is moderately severe and worsens with daily activity. The patient used Tylenol with minimal relief.  Past medical history is notable for hypertension and hypercholesteremia.  Physical examination shows firm nodules over the distal interphalangeal joints, bilaterally. The patient has pain in her knees as well. The knees are stiff in the morning for less than 30 minutes and become worse with climbing stairs. She has some sensation of bone friction during activity. X-ray shows narrowing of the joint space, subchondral bone sclerosis and osteophyte formation along the joints.

Patient's own account: I'm a 66-year-old woman and I went to my doctor's office because of a bloody joint pain in my hands that has been lasting for a while. The pain comes and go in the morning usually. I feel like a stiffness that last less than 15 minutes. The pain is moderately severe but it gets worse when I'm using my hands. I used Tylenol which helped a little. Apart from that, I suffer from hypertension and high cholesterol. The doctor made me notice that I have bumps around both of my hand joints. I also suffer from my knees and they are also stiff in the morning for around 30 min. It's even worse when I climb up the stairs! I also feel like my bones are rubbing against each other when I'm moving. The X-ray showed that I have narrow joint space, I have sclerosis, and abnormal growths of bone along my joints.

Clinical trial: Effect of Kinesio Taping in Women With Knee Osteoarthritis

Eligibility criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:

          -  • Female subjects aged 60 years and over, non-obese (BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 kg /
             m2), with diagnosis of knee OA according to the criteria of the American College of
             Rheumatology (Altman et al. , 1986), which are: knee pain most of the day during the
             last weeks and age greater than 60 years (mandatory criteria), and at least two of the
             following criteria: stiffness after rest less than 30 minutes, crackle in the affected
             knee , joint increase of firm consistency, absence of temperature increase and painful
             hypersensitivity to palpation;

               -  Individuals with radiographic signs of degeneration of the knee joint;

               -  Individuals with any degree of degeneration according to the Kellgren-Lawrence
                  scale;

               -  Individuals with a pain scale above 3 according to NPRS;

               -  Stiffness in the knee for at least 6 months prior to screening;

               -  Stiffness during the beginning of activities;

               -  Intermittent swelling;

               -  Never have used KT;

               -  Individuals with no history of associated joint disease or systemic rheumatic
                  disease and / or history of surgery in the affected lower limb;

               -  Individuals who are not under physiotherapeutic treatment during the
                  intervention;

               -  Individuals without neurological, vestibular, visual or auditory deficits that
                  make evaluations impossible.

        Exclusion Criteria:

          -  • Individuals who report pain during the procedure;

               -  Individuals who do not complete the treatment time or who do not perform the
                  evaluation procedures correctly, making it impossible to collect any of the data
                  investigated;

               -  Individuals with allergy to bandage or cutaneous injury in the region where KT
                  will be applied;

               -  Individuals who present hypertensive peak during the evaluations.
Female
No healthy subjects accepted to join the trial.
Subject must be at least 60 Years old.
Subject must be at most 75 Years

Eligibility (NLI label): Entailment