A randomized, single-blinded pilot study evaluating the effects of kinesiology taping and the tape application techniques in addition to therapeutic exercises in the treatment of congenital muscular torticollis

作者：Giray Esra; Karadag Saygi Evrim^*; Mansiz Kaplan Basak; Tokgoz Duygu; Bayindir Ozun; Kayhan Onder

来源：Clinical Rehabilitation, 2017, 31(8): 1098-1106.

DOI：10.1177/0269215516673885

• Congenital muscular torticollis
• kinesiology taping
• treatment

Objective: To investigate the effects of kinesiology taping and different types of application techniques of kinesiology taping in addition to therapeutic exercises in the treatment of congenital muscular torticollis.
Design: Prospective, single blind, randomized controlled trial.
Setting: An outpatient rehabilitation clinic in a tertiary university hospital.
Subjects: Infants with congenital muscular torticollis aged 3-12 months.
Interventions: Group 1 included 11 infants who only received exercises, Group 2 included 12 infants who received kinesiology taping applied on the affected side by using inhibition technique in addition to exercises. Group 3 included 10 infants who additionally received kinesiology taping applied on the unaffected side by using facilitation technique and on the affected side by using inhibition technique.
Main measures: Range of motion in lateral flexion and rotation of the neck, muscle function and degree of craniofacial changes were assessed at pretreatment, post treatment and, 1 month and 3 months' post treatment.
Results: Friedman analysis of within-group changes over time revealed significant differences for all of the outcome variables in all groups except cervical rotation in Group 3 ( P<0.05). No significant differences were found between groups at any of the follow-up time points for any of the outcome variables (P>0.05).
Conclusions: There is no any additive effect of kinesiology taping to exercises for the treatment of congenital muscular torticollis. Also different techniques of applying kinesiology taping resulted in similar clinical outcomes.

• 出版日期2017-8