Does kinesiotaping increase the efficacy of lidocaine injection in myofascial pain syndrome treatment? A randomized controlled study
Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, cilt.32, sa.3, ss.471-477, 2019 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 32 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2019
- Doi Numarası: 10.3233/bmr-171035
- Dergi Adı: Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.471-477
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Myofascial pain syndromes, trigger point, injection, kinesiotape
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Myofascial pain syndrome is a common form of musculoskeletal disorder that originates from a painful site in a muscle or related fascia. There are various non-invasive and invasive treatment methods. OBJECTIVE: To investigate the efficacy of myofascial trigger point kinesiotaping with that of local anesthetic injection alone on the degree of pain and quality of life in myofascial pain syndrome. METHODS: Seventy-six patients with myofascial pain syndrome were randomly assigned to three study groups. Group 1 (n = 26) received only local anesthetic (1 ml lidocaine of 0.5% for each trigger point) injection. Group 2 (n = 25) received local anesthetic injection + sham kinesiotaping. Group 3 (n = 25) received local anesthetic injection + kinesiotaping. Pain intensity was measured by visual analog scale (VAS) at baseline, immediately after treatment, and in the 1st and 4th week post-treatment. To evaluate the effect of treatment on quality of life, Short Form-12 (SF-12) was used at baseline and at 4th week post-treatment. RESULTS: Group 3 showed significantly more improvement than other groups at post-treatment VAS, SF-12 physical component evaluations (p < 0.05). No significant difference was found between groups 2 and 3 in the mental component of SF-12 (p > 0.05), but the patients in group 3 performed significantly better than group 1 (p < 0.05). No significant difference was found between groups 1 and 2 in VAS, SF12 Physical Components Summary and SF-12 Mental Components Summary scores at post-treatment evaluations. CONCLUSION: This study indicated that kinesiotaping may be useful to increase the efficacy of myofascial trigger point lidocaine injection in myofascial pain syndrome.