Kinesiotaping in Trauma
Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis
387 participants
Dec 11, 2023
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
Rationale: Patients with acute traumatic injury to the shoulder or chest wall in de Emergency Department (ED) usually have intense pain. The patient normally is treated with oral analgesics as standard care and in shoulder injury with a sling. Pain of the shoulder or chest wall increases with movement of the affected arm and chest. Kinesiotaping is offered regularly as an additional pain treatment, but there is no hard evidence about its effectiveness. A randomized pilot study in OLVG (Bakker 2022) showed the pain decreasing more when using kinesiotaping comparing to no tape. However, a placebo-effect could not be ruled out and the pilot data need confirmation in a large cohort of patients to study the effectiveness of additional treatment with kinesiotaping in terms of pain, comfort and patient satisfaction.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria7
- ≥18 years
- Acute injury (occurred \<24 hours ago)
- Single shoulder or chest wall injury, which includes one of the following injuries:
- rib fracture
- disruption of the AC-joint Tossy type 1 and 2
- not or hardly dislocated fracture of the clavicle
- Not or hardly dislocated fracture of the r proximal humeral fracture
Exclusion Criteria15
- • Patients younger than 18 years
- Incapacitated persons
- Refusal of participation
- Intubation indication
- Decrease of Consciousness
- Hemodynamic instability
- or more rib fractures
- Rib fracture rib 1-3
- Indication for surgery
- Hospitalization required
- Presence of a haemo- or pneumothorax with chest drain indication
- Already known with allergy for adhesive tape
- Patients with very thin or loose skin on the applicable body part
- Skin infection/irritation or open wound on the applicable body part
- Patients who do not speak Dutch or English
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Interventions
Kinesio tape is a thin, elastic tape that applies pressure to the skin (because of the elasticity of the tape), reducing pain by reducing nociceptive stimulation.
leuko tape classic is used in this study to explore the possible placebo effect of kinesiotape
standard treatment is the treatment with oral analgesics and a sling (if shoulder injury)
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NCT05976256