Kinesiology Taping in Patients With Acute Low Back Pain
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Conditions studied: Acute Non-specific Low Back Pain
In brief
This prospective, randomized controlled trial will investigate the effectiveness of adding Kinesiology Taping (KT) to a standard physiotherapy program in individuals with acute non-specific low back pain. A total of 30 participants diagnosed with acute non-specific low back pain will be randomly allocated to either an experimental group receiving standard physiotherapy combined with lumbar Kinesiology Taping or a control group receiving standard physiotherapy alone. Both groups will receive treatment three times per week for six weeks, totaling 18 treatment sessions. Outcome assessments will be performed at baseline and after completion of the intervention. Pain intensity will be evaluated using the Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS), functional disability using the Roland-Morris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ), flexibility using the sit-and-reach test, trunk lateral flexion, and trunk extension tests, and health-related quality of life using the Short Form-36 (SF-36). The primary objective of this study is to determine whether the addition of Kinesiology Taping to a standard physiotherapy program provides greater improvements in pain, functional disability, flexibility, and quality of life than standard physiotherapy alone in individuals with acute non-specific low back pain. The findings are expected to contribute to the evidence regarding the clinical effectiveness of Kinesiology Taping as an adjunctive treatment for acute low back pain.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07731269
- Run by
- Istanbul Rumeli University
- People needed
- 30
- Starts
- 2026-07-30
- Expected to finish
- 2026-09-10
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-07-28
Who can join
Age: 18 and older, up to 50. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Individuals diagnosed with acute non-specific low back pain by a specialist physician.
- 18-50 years of age.
- Voluntary participation in the study and provision of written informed consent.
You may not qualify if…
- Pregnancy. Diagnosis of osteoporosis. Presence of an oncological disease. Diagnosis of a neurological disorder. Renal insufficiency or other significant renal pathology. Sciatica or lumbar radiculopathy. Diagnosis of spondylolysis or spondylolisthesis. Diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis. Specific low back pain due to infection, malignancy, vertebral fracture, or other identifiable spinal pathology.
- History of chronic low back pain (pain lasting >12 weeks). Regular use of analgesic or anti-inflammatory medications. Low back pain secondary to trauma. Unexplained fever or unexplained weight loss (red flag symptoms).
Where it is running
- Istanbul Rumeli University — Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)
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