Effect of kinesio tape on primary dysmenorrhea / Sara Zakaria Mohamed Mohamed Alfa ; Supervised Amel Mohamed Yousef , Hassan Omar Ghareeb , Gehan Ali Abdelsamea

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Physical Therapy for Gynecology and Obstetrics

Purpose of the study: The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of kinesio tape on primary dysmenorrhea. Subjects and Methods: Thirty Females with primary dysmenorrhea who had lower back and abdominal pain were participated in this study, their ages ranged from 18 to 25 years, they had body mass index (BMI) less than 30kg/m2, they were selected from students of Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo university. They were classified into two groups as study group (Group A) and control group (Group B) in equal number and each group had 15 females. The two groups received specific exercises program 3 times / week for four weeks and Group (A) received kinesio taping treatment for 24 hours on their lower back and abdominal pain, while Group (B) continued the specific exercise program for another 24 hours. Evaluation in this study involved Present pain intensity (PPi) scale, Verbal multidimensional scoring system (VMSS) and Serum cortisol level (ug/dl) were assessed before and after treatment program on each female with primary dysmenorrhea in both groups (A and B) . Results: The results revealed significant improvement of all measured variables after four successive weeks (specific exercises program) and after 24 hours of kinesio taping treatment. Conclusion: Specific exercises program and kinesio taping treatment can be added to the physical therapy program for relieving of primary dysmenorrhea in females who had lower back and abdominal pain

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