Indian Journal of Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy-An International Journal

Soheir M. El Kosery ¹, Fayiz F. Elshamy ², Hamid A. Atta Allah ³

Affiliations
1 Department of Physical Therapy for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Egypt, EG
2 1Department of Physical Therapy for Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University, EG
3 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine (Girls), Al Azhar University, EG

Abstract

This study was conducted to detect the efficacy of Kinesio tape on the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome in antenatal period. 15-primipared females at 3rd trimester of pregnancy with positive electro diagnostic findings (MMDL >4.2 ms) participated in this study, their ages ranged between 20-35 years (27.53±4.47). They were received kinesio tape technique on the affected wrist for 3 days, then day off and then another 3 days of kinesio tape / week for 4 weeks. Median motor distal latency (MMDL) was performed before and after the treatment program for all patients. The obtained results showed statistically highly significant (P< 0.0001) improvement in median motor distal latency at the end of the treatment program. Accordingly, it could be concluded that the use of the kinesio tape was found to be effective in the treatment of carpal tunnel syndrome during pregnancy.

Keywords

Kinesio Tape, Antenatal, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, Electro Diagnostic Finding

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