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A Randomized Clinical Trial of Kinesio-Taping on DASH in Patients with Subacromial Impingement Syndrome
| Hassan Shakeri1, Roshanak Keshavarz1, Amir Massoud Arab1* and Ismaeil Ebrahimi2 | |
| 1Department of Physical Therapy, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Evin, Tehran, Iran | |
| 2Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran | |
| Corresponding Author : | Amir Massoud Arab Associate Professor Department of Physical Therapy University of Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences Evin, Koodakyar Ave., Zip Code: 1985713831 Tehran, Iran Tel: (98) 21 22180039(Office), (98) 21 22358149 (Home) Fax: (98) 21 22180039 E-mail: arabloo_masoud@hotmail.com, Amarab@uswr.ac.ir |
| Received May 18, 2013; Accepted June 18, 2013; Published June 20, 2013 | |
| Citation: Shakeri H, Keshavarz R, Arab AM, Ebrahimi I (2013) Therapeutic Effect of Kinesio-taping on Disability of Arm, Shoulder, and Hand in Patients with Subacromial Impingement Syndrome: A Randomized Clinical Trial. J Nov Physiother 3:169. doi: 10.4172/2165-7025.1000169 | |
| Copyright: © 2013 Shakeri H, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. | |
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of KT on the disability of arm, shoulder and hand in patients with shoulder impingement syndrome. Mann-whitney test revealed that change in DASH after 1 week was significantly greater for treatment group than control group (P=0.01). The application of KT produces improvement in the disability of arm, shoulder and hand in patients with shoulder impingement syndrome.
