Kinesiotaping Effect Glenohumeral Shoulder Subluxation

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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To evaluate the effectiveness of the kinesiotaping on pain, recovery of movement and daily life activities in Turkish hemiplegic patients.

Official Title
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The Effect of Kinesiotaping on Glenohumeral Shoulder Subluxation in Post-stroke Patients

Conditions
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Stroke, Subluxation, Glenohumeral

Intervention / Treatment
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* Device: kinesiotape


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: (1) 18 to 90 years of age, (2) stroke onset within one year, (3) shoulder subluxation in the involved upper extremity and (4) being oriented and cooperative. Exclusion Criteria: (1) global aphasia, (2) malignancy, (3) previous shoulder pain or surgery, (4) other neuromuscular disorders and (5) severe cardiopulmonary disease that affects daily life activities.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 90 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Interventional Model Description: This study is a quasi-experimental, single-subject AB design.
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Kinesiotape<br>Kinesiotape (Nasara, Korea) was applied for three times a week (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) for three weeks. | Device: kinesiotape<br>* During the rehabilitation program, all patients with GHS had kinesiotaping three times a week.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Subluxation degree by physical examination | A clinician measured the gap between the acromion and the humeral head with the fingerbreadth at the distal interphalangeal joint of the right index and middle fingers | 0-3weeks | 
| Subluxation degree by radiograph | The anterio-posterior shoulder X-ray was taken in an erect position, and subluxation was evaluated by Van Langenberghe's five point classification. | 0-3weeks | 
| physical examination | Passive range of motion (Flexion and Abduction) | 0-3weeks | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Evaluation of the pain of the shoulder | Pain with motion was measured by a verbal descriptive pain scale. The VDPS was developed by Melzack and Katz and is composed of words such as mild (level 1) to very severe pain (level 5) | 0-3weeks | 
| Evaluation of Daily life activities | Daily life activities were evaluated using the Katz index of independence in activities of daily living, which evaluates the patients in bathing, dressing, toileting, transferring, continence, and eating. Activities were scored as zero or one with the total score ranging from zero to six. Higher scores are related with higher independency. | 0-3weeks |