OBJECTIVES: To test the hypotheses that therapeutic taping of the knee improves @entity158 and disability in @entity1 with @entity571 of the knee and that benefits remain after stopping treatment. DESIGN: Randomised single blind controlled trial with three intervention arms (therapeutic tape, control tape, and no tape) of three weeks' duration and three week follow up. SETTING: Outcome assessment was performed in a university based laboratory. Taping interventions were applied by eight physiotherapists in metropolitan private practice. @entity1 : 87 @entity1 with symptoms of @entity626 as defined by the American College of Rheumatology. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Primary outcome measure was @entity158 as measured by visual analogue scale and @entity1 perceived rating of change. Secondary measures of @entity158 and disability included the Western Ontario and MacMaster Universities @entity571 index, knee @entity158 scale, and the SF-36. RESULTS: The therapeutic tape group reported a greater reduction in @entity158 on all primary outcomes than either of the other two groups. A significant association was evident between intervention and change in @entity158 at three weeks (P=0.000), with 73% (21/29) of the therapeutic tape group reporting improvement compared with 49% (14/29) of the control tape group and 10% (3/29) of the no tape group. Significantly greater improvement in @entity158 and disability was observed on most secondary outcomes in the therapeutic tape group compared with the no tape group. Benefits of therapeutic tape were maintained three weeks after stopping treatment. CONCLUSIONS: Therapeutic knee taping is an efficacious treatment for the management of @entity158 and disability in @entity1 with @entity626 .

Efficacy of knee tape in the management of XXXX of the knee: blinded randomised controlled trial.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'participant', 'PARTICIPANTS'] @entity626 :: ('MESH:D020370', 'Disease') :: ['knee osteoarthritis'] @entity571 :: ('MESH:D010003', 'Disease') :: ['osteoarthritis'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['pain']
@entity571 :: (MESH:D010003,Disease) :: ['osteoarthritis']
