Kinesio taping for chronic venous insufficiency

NewsBot · Jun 19, 2013

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Effects of Kinesio Taping on venous symptoms, bioelectrical activity of gastrocnemius muscle, range of ankle motion and quality of life in post-menopausal women with chronic venous insufficiency: a randomized controlled trial
María Encarnación Aguilar-Ferrándiz, Adelaida María Castro-Sánchez, Guillermo A. Matarán-Peñarrocha, Francisco García-Muro, Theys Serge, Carmen Moreno-Lorenzo
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Available online 12 June 2013

Objective
To assess the efficacy of Kinesio Taping (KT) on venous symptoms, quality of life, severity, pain, oedema, range of ankle motion (ROAM) and peripheral muscle myoelectric activity in lower limbs of postmenopausal females with mild chronic venous insufficiency (CVI).

Design
Double-blinded randomized clinical trial with concealed allocation.

Setting
Clinical setting.

Participants
123 consecutive postmenopausal females (age range 62-67) with early-stage CVI. No participant withdrew because of adverse effects.

Intervention
Participants were randomly assigned to an experimental group for standardised KT application for external (EG) and internal (IG) gastrocnemius muscle enhancement and ankle function correction or to placebo control group for sham KT application. Both interventions were performed three times a week during a 4-week period.

Main Outcome Measures
Venous symptoms, CVI severity, pain, leg volume, gastrocnemius electromyographic data, ROAM and quality of life were recorded at baseline and after treatment.

Results
Experimental group evidenced significant improvements in pain distribution, venous claudication, swelling, heaviness, muscle cramps, pruritus and CVI severity score (p≤0.042). Both groups reported significant reductions in pain (experimental, 95%CI, 1.6-2.1; control, 95%CI, -0.2-0.3). There were no significant changes in either group in quality of life, leg volume, or ROAM. The experimental group showed significant improvements in root-mean-square signals (right leg: EG 95%CI, 2.99-5.84, IG 1.02-3.42; left: EG 3.00-6.25, IG 3.29-5.3) and peak maximum contraction (right leg: EG 95% CI, 4.8-22.7, IG, 2.67-24.62; left: EG, 2.37-20.44, IG, 2.55-25.53), which were not changed in controls.

Conclusion
KT may reduce venous symptoms, pain and their severity and enhance gastrocnemius muscle activity, but its effects on quality of life, oedema, and ROAM remain uncertain. KT may have a placebo effect on venous pain.
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NewsBot · Aug 21, 2014

Effect of a mixed kinesio taping-compression technique on quality of life and clinical and gait parameters in postmenopausal women with chronic venous insufficiency: double-blinded, randomized controlled trial.
Aguilar-Ferrándiz ME, Moreno-Lorenzo C, Matarán-Peñarrocha GA, García-Muro F, García-Ríos MC, Castro-Sánchez AM.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2014 Jul;95(7):1229-39

OBJECTIVE:
To investigate the short-term effect of a mixed Kinesio taping (KT) model on range of ankle motion (ROAM), gait, pain, perimeter of lower limbs, and quality of life in postmenopausal women with chronic venous insufficiency (CVI).
DESIGN:
Double-blinded, randomized controlled trial.
SETTING:
Clinical setting.
PARTICIPANTS:
Consecutive postmenopausal women (N=130; mean age ± SD, 65.44±14.7y) with mild CVI. No participant withdrew because of adverse effects.
INTERVENTION:
Participants were randomly assigned to either (1) an experimental group to receive a mixed KT-compression treatment following KT recommendations for gastrocnemius muscle enhancement and functional correction of the ankle, and adding 2 tapes to simulate traditional compression bandages (no KT guidelines); or (2) a placebo control group for sham KT. Both interventions were performed 3 times a week during a 4-week period.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:
ROAM, gait, pain, perimeter of right and left lower limb, and quality of life were assessed at baseline and 48 hours posttreatment.
RESULTS:
Quality of life was better in the intervention group by a mean of 8.76 points (95% confidence interval [CI], 4.96-12.55). The experimental group also showed significant pre-/posttreatment improvements in both lower limbs in gait dorsiflexion ROAM (95% CI, 1.02-2.49), cadence (95% CI, 3.45-1.47), stride length (95% CI, 21.48-10.83), step length (95% CI, 1.68-6.61), stance phase (95% CI, 61-107), and foot (95% CI, .56-.92) and malleolus (95% CI, 1.15-1.63) circumference. None of these variables were significantly modified in the placebo group. Both groups reported a significant reduction in pain.
CONCLUSIONS:
Ankle dorsiflexion during gait, walking parameters, peripheral edema, venous pain, and quality of life remain improved in patients with CVI at 1 month after mixed KT-compression therapy. KT may have a placebo effect on pain perception.
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NewsBot · Sep 5, 2014

A randomized controlled trial of a mixed Kinesio taping-compression technique on venous symptoms, pain, peripheral venous flow, clinical severity and overall health status in postmenopausal women with chronic venous insufficiency.
Aguilar-Ferrándiz ME, Castro-Sánchez AM, Matarán-Peñarrocha GA, Guisado-Barrilao R, García-Ríos MC, Moreno-Lorenzo C.
Clin Rehabil. 2014 Jan;28(1):69-81.

OBJECTIVES:
To investigate the effect of a mixed Kinesio taping treatment in women with chronic venous insufficiency.
DESIGN:
A double-blinded randomized clinical trial.
SETTING:
Clinical setting.
PARTICIPANTS:
One hundred and twenty postmenopausal women with mild-moderate chronic venous insufficiency were randomly assigned to an experimental group receiving standardized Kinesio taping treatment for gastrocnemius muscle enhancement and ankle functional correction, or to a placebo control group for simulated Kinesio taping. MAIN OUTCOMES VARIABLES: Venous symptoms, pain, photoplethysmographic measurements, bioelectrical impedance, temperature, severity and overall health were recorded at baseline and after four weeks of treatment.
RESULTS:
The 2 × 2 mixed model ANCOVA with repeated measurements showed statistically significant group * time interaction for heaviness (F = 22.99, p = 0.002), claudication (F = 8.57, p = 0.004), swelling (F = 22.58, p = 0.001), muscle cramps (F = 7.14, p = 0.008), venous refill time (right: F = 9.45, p = 0.023; left: F = 14.86, p = 0.001), venous pump function (right: F = 35.55, p = 0.004; left: F = 17.39 p = 0.001), extracellular water (right: F = 35.55, p = 0.004; left: F = 23.84, p = 0.001), severity (F = 18.47, p = 0.001), physical function (F = 9.15, p = 0.003) and body pain (F = 3.36, p = 0.043). Both groups reported significant reduction in pain.
CONCLUSION:
Mixed Kinesio taping-compression therapy improves symptoms, peripheral venous flow and severity and slightly increases overall health status in females with mild chronic venous insufficiency. Kinesio taping may have a placebo effect on pain.
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