COMPARISON OF KINESIO TAPING WITH MCKENZIE AND ONLY MCKENZIE TECHNIQUE IN THE TREATMENT OF MECHANICAL LOW BACK PAIN

2016-03-14T18-12-47Z
Source: International Journal of Therapies and Rehabilitation Research
Sathya P., Ramakrishnan K. S., Shweta S D Phadke, Risi Jena.
The study is aimed to see the effect of Kinesio Taping and McKenzie technique in patients with Mechanical low back pain. Method: This study was conducted on 30 mechanical low back pain patients, 15 under each group to see the effect of Kinesio taping and McKenzie technique (group 2) and only McKenzie technique (group 1). The patients under both the groups underwent treatment for 3 weeks. The VAS and Oswestry low back disability Questioner were used as outcome measure. Result: Considerable reduction of pain is seen in group 2 in which the patients received Kinesio Taping and McKenzie than the group1 were the patients received only McKenzie technique, when both the groups were compared the p-value was 0.0361, which shows that group 2 is more effective than group 1. There was considerable reduction in disability according to Oswestry low back disability Questioner in group 2 when compared to group 1, when between groups were compared it showed group 2 is more effective than group 1 with the p value of 0.0480 . Conclusion: Individuals with mechanical low back pain experienced significant improvements in pain as well as improvement in activity after the application of Kinesio Taping with Mckenzie technique.


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