Kinesio tape versus resisted training on quadriceps muscle strength for hemodialysis patients / Al Hassan Ibrahim Mohamed Ahmed ; Supervised Zakaria Mowafy Emam Mowafy , Abdelmonem Abdallah Elhagagy , Asmaa Fawzy Elsayed

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Physical Therapy for Surgery

Background: Patients with end-stage renal failure disease (ESRD) usually manifest symptoms of exercise intolerance combined with muscular weakness as well as other symptoms of muscle fatigue, also Atrophy was associated with reduced physical activity in the dialysis subjects. Purpose: To compare between the effect of Kinesiotape and resisted training as physical therapy approaches in improving quadriceps muscle strength for hemodialysis patients. Methods: Forty hemodialysis patients of both sexes from Nasr City Police Hospitals with age ranged from 40 to 50 years old had participated in this study; they were randomly assigned in two groups (group A, B). Group A included 20 hemodialysis patients received kinesiotape for quadriceps muscle for 8 weeks. Group B included 20 hemodialysis patients received progressive resisted exercise for quadriceps muscle for 8 weeks. Quadriceps muscle strength was measured before and after training. Results: The results revealed that there was a significant improvement in quadriceps muscle strength in group A using kinesio taping and group B using quadriceps muscle progressive resisted exercise. But there is no significant difference between both groups. Conclusion: Both kinesio taping and quadriceps muscle progressive resisted exercise were shown to be effective in increasing quadriceps muscle strength in hemodialysis patients

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