Kinesio Taping to generate skin convolutions is not better than sham taping for people with chronic non-specific low back pain: A randomised trial

Journal of Physiotherapy

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 90-96

  Parreira, Patrícia do Carmo Silva ^a   Costa, Lucíola da Cunha Menezes ^a   Takahashi, Ricardo ^b   Junior, Luiz Carlos Hespanhol ^a,c   Junior, Maurício AntÔnio da Luz ^a   Silva, Tatiane Mota da ^a   Costa, Leonardo Oliveira Pena ^a,d  

^a MASTERS AND DOCTORAL PROGRAMS IN PHYSICAL THERAPY   (Brazil)

^b Private Practice   (Brazil)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Kinesio Taping; Low back pain; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KINESIOLOGY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; COMPRESSION BANDAGES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KINESIOLOGY, APPLIED; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84902540274     PISSN: 18369553     EISSN: 18369561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphys.2014.05.003     Document Type: Article

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