Abstract

Objective: The objective of the study was to determine the effectiveness of Kinesio Taping on pain and function after total knee arthoplasty.

Methodology: The study design was quasi experimental trial. Non-probability purposive sampling technique was employed with a sample size of 30 including both male and female patients within age group of 50-85 who had undergone total knee arthoplasty. Patients were divided into two groups. Control group labeled as Group (A) received standard physical therapy treatment while experimental group labeled as Group (B) was treated with Kinesio Taping in addition to standard physical therapy treatment. Data collection tools used was Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) and Lysholm Knee Scoring Scale. The data was analyzed statistically through IBM SPSS version 25.

Results: The mean age of patients in Group (A) was 70.66 ±SD 3.33 while the patients in Group (B) had a mean age of 69.93±SD 5.37. Significant improvement was found in both groups. Mean value of Numeric Pain Rating Scale was significantly improved with pre-treatment (mean diff = 0.21) & post-treatment (mean diff = 0.14) whilst the p-value<0.05. Mean value of Lysholm Knee Scoring Scale was also found to be improved with pre-treatment (mean diff = 0.28) and post-treatment (mean diff = 0.00) whilst the p-value<0.05.

Conclusion: The study concludes positive effects of treatment in both groups but the Experimental group exhibited relatively greater improvements in terms of the mean difference of Numeric Pain Rating Scale and Lysholm Knee Scoring Scale.

Key words: knee arthoplasty, kinesiology taping, total knee replacement