Effects of Kinesio Taping with Physical Therapy on Low Back Pain to Improve Functional Mobility: A Literature Review

Vedant Pandit

Department of Physical Therapy, The College of St. Scholastica, USA

Dr. Vedant Pandit, Department of Physical Therapy, The College of St. Scholastica, USA.

Keywords: Kinesio Tape; Low Back Pain; Physical Therapy

Abstract

The purpose of the critical review is to determine the effect of Kinesio Taping in chronic nonspecific low back pain patients and improvement in pain, disability, the activity of daily living. A literature search was performed to locate randomized controlled studies published within the last ten years with the keywords using Low back pain, Kinesio tape, Physical Therapy, Randomized controlled trial. Within the four studies, 191 adult patients with chronic non-specific low back pain participated either in the intervention that includes traditional physical therapy and spinal manipulation treatment with Kinesio Taping or was part of a control (without Kinesio Tape) or placebo group (placebo Kinesio tape). Although increases in muscle strength, endurance, and improvement in pain and disability in all four studies, the results are inconclusive as the effect of Kinesio Tape is too small to be clinically worthwhile.

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