15 February 2025 : Clinical Research
Comparative Impact of Kinesio Taping and Post-Isometric Muscle Relaxation on Pain and Myofascial Mechanics in Chronic Low Back Pain: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Tomasz Sipko
ACDEF 1*, Bernadetta Berger-Pasternak ABCDF 1, Adam Paluszak CDEF 1
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.945376
Med Sci Monit 2025; 31:e945376
Table 3 Mean, median, standard deviation, and 95% confidence intervals of frequency in the study before (PRE), after (POST), and 1 week after treatment (FOL), on the dominant side (DS) and contralateral side (CS) for the 3 study groups: post-isometric muscle relaxation (PIR), Kinesio taping (KT), and KT placebo (KT-PEBO).
| Tone – frequency [Hz] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time/side | Group | Mean | Median | SD | CI −95.0% | CI +95.0% |
| I_DS | PIR | 14.15 | 14.55 | 1.55 | 1.18 | 2.26 |
| I_CS | PIR | 14.01 | 14.45 | 1.62 | 1.23 | 2.37 |
| II_DS | PIR | 14.09 | 14.25 | 1.44 | 1.10 | 2.11 |
| II_CS | PIR | 14.22 | 14.10 | 2.27 | 1.73 | 3.31 |
| III_DS | PIR | 14.28 | 14.50 | 1.34 | 1.02 | 1.95 |
| III_CS | PIR | 14.50 | 14.60 | 1.75 | 1.33 | 2.56 |
| I_DS | KT-PEBO | 14.39 | 14.43 | 1.16 | 0.90 | 1.65 |
| I_CS | KT-PEBO | 14.50 | 14.47 | 1.42 | 1.10 | 2.01 |
| II_DS | KT-PEBO | 14.70 | 14.62 | 1.19 | 0.91 | 1.70 |
| II_CS | KT-PEBO | 14.54 | 14.45 | 1.00 | 0.77 | 1.42 |
| III_DS | KT-PEBO | 14.91 | 14.70 | 1.63 | 1.25 | 2.35 |
| III_CS | KT-PEBO | 14.95 | 14.83 | 1.37 | 1.05 | 1.97 |
| I_DS | KT | 14.06 | 13.90 | 1.15 | 0.88 | 1.66 |
| I_CS | KT | 14.04 | 13.97 | 1.23 | 0.94 | 1.77 |
| II_DS | KT | 14.59 | 14.58 | 1.33 | 1.01 | 1.94 |
| II_CS | KT | 14.63 | 14.85 | 1.36 | 1.03 | 1.98 |
| III_DS | KT | 14.45 | 14.48 | 1.33 | 1.01 | 1.94 |
| III_CS | KT | 15.01 | 14.95 | 1.99 | 1.52 | 2.91 |
| DS – dominant side; CS – contralateral side; PIR – post-isometric relaxation; KT-PEBO – placebo; KT – kinesio taping; SD – standard deviation; CI – confidence interval for SD. | ||||||