Clinical trial NCT06003842: The Effect of Kinesio® Tex Application on Pain, Functionality, Sleep Quality and Work Performance in Drivers
Official title: The Effect of Kinesio® Tex Application on Pain, Functionality, Sleep Quality and Work Performance in Drivers
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Neck Pain
Back Pain
Occupational Diseases
Keywords: taping
Kinesio® Tex
functionality
work performance
Lead sponsor: Uskudar University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2023-08-22
Enrollment: 44
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Maximum age (years): 65
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Two different Kinesio® Tex taping techniques were applied to the participants. One of these applications is for the upper trapezius muscle and the other is a taping technique applied to support the correct postural posture and trapezius muscle. Banding was applied bilaterally.
Primary purpose: TREATMENT

Brief summary: This study was planned to examine the effect of Kinesio® Tex application on pain, functionality, sleep quality and work performance in drivers experiencing neck-back pain.

Detailed description: 50 active drivers will be included in the study. The drivers included in the study will be randomly divided into two groups as exercise group and taping group. The home exercise program will be visually explained to both groups and the exercises will be sent to the participants as video. Kinesio® Tex will also be applied to the banding group. Evaluations will be made before treatment and after 6 weeks of treatment. Within the scope of the evaluation, demographic information of the patients, work experience, daily working time, dominant hand, education information (university / high school), type of vehicle used, habit of leaning elbow on the left window, diseases and drugs used, smoking and alcohol use, given after mutual interview will be obtained by recording the answers. Joint range of motion, manual muscle test, pain severity of the individuals participating in the study with the Visual Analog Scale, neck functionality assessment with the Neck Disability Indicator, back functionality assessment with the Quebec Back-Low Back Pain Disability Scale, sleep quality assessment with the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, work performance assessment To be assessed by the Work Role Functioning Questionnaire

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Volunteering to participate in the study Having signed the voluntary consent form.
* Being between the ages of 18-65
* Working in home health services for at least 2 years
* Reporting symptoms of localized pain and discomfort in the neck-back region lasting at least 1 week in the last 12 months

Exclusion Criteria:

* The participant's wish to terminate the study
* Receiving physical therapy for neck-back pain in the last 3 months
* Findings such as pins and needles, numbness and tingling in the upper extremity
* Having an allergy to taping
* Presence of a known specific disease that may cause chronic neck-back pain (nerve root compression, postoperative condition in the neck and shoulder regions, peripheral entrapment neuropathy, cervical spine anomaly, severe neck trauma such as whiplash, malignancy, migraine).
* Alcohol and drug addiction
* Psychological conditions that may cause physical burden and recent major operations
* Presence of a skin disease that will affect the neck and back area

Primary outcomes:
measure: Neck Pain Disability Index Questionnaire
timeFrame: 8 weeks
measure: The Quebec Back Pain Disability Scale (QBPDS)
timeFrame: 8 weeks
measure: Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI)
timeFrame: 8 weeks
measure: Work Role Functioning Questionnaire (WRFQ)
timeFrame: 8 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Istanbul
country: Turkey
facility: İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyesi
Study officials:
affiliation: Uskudar University
name: Hakan ZENGİ
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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