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NCT Number: NCT02367157

Effectiveness of Kinesio Tape in Morning Stiffness and Functional Capacity in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis.

The purpose of this study is to determine how the applications of Kinesio Tape affect the morning stiffness in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

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Key information

Conditions

Wrist Morning Stiffness

Age range

40 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

San Pablo CEU University

Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, 28668, Spain

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis according to the criteria of the American Rheumatism Association with a minimum of 6 months evolution from diagnosis.
  • These subjects must have morning stiffness daily in the wrist joint of a member or bilateral at least a month.

Exclusion criteria

  • Subjects in postoperative affecting the mobility of joints to study phase.
  • Subjects with sensory deficits or other inflammatory arthropathies.
  • Subjects who are or come in a state of emergence of the hand or wrist joints during the investigation.
  • Subjects who change their usual treatment (medication or other therapies) two months before the study or during the study.
  • We exclude subjects who present some kind of allergy to Kinesio-Tape in which case it will be removed immediately.

Treatment and study plan

Kenzo Kase Method

Procedure

Kinesio taping

Device

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in the Wrist Morning Stiffness

    Time frame: participants will be followed for the duration in minutes of the morning stiffness, an expected average of 45 minutes]

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

CEU San Pablo University

Other

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2016
Primary completion
2017
Study completion
2017
First posted
Feb 20, 2015
Registry last updated
Feb 21, 2021

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