Effect of kinesio taping and strengthening exercises on upper abdominal muscles after surgeryof anterior abdominal wall hernia / Mostafa Hassan Abdelmawla ; Supervised Wafaa Hussein Borhan , Gamal Mohamed Ali , Samah Hosney Nagib

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

The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of kinesio taping and strengthening exercise on upper abdominal muscles after surgery of anterior abdominal wall hernia. Thirty patients suffering from weakness of upper abdominal muscles after surgery of anterior abdominal wall hernia were included in this study. They were selected from outpatient clinic of surgery, Dar Elsalam general Hospital, Cairo. This study was conducted between August 2015 and March 2016. These patients were divided randomly into 3 equal groups by using closed envelop, group (A): 10 patients were suffering from weakness of upper abdominal muscles after surgery of anterior abdominal wall hernia ,their age were (43.8±4.82 yrs.) and, they were received ares kinesio taping on anterior abdominal wall muscles for 12 consecutive weeks which was separated by day free of taping for rest, group (B): 10 patients were suffering from weakness of upper abdominal muscles after surgery of anterior abdominal wall hernia, their age were (45±5.39yrs.) ,They were all received application of kinesio taping and graduated program of strengthening exercise for anterior abdominal wall muscles, group (C): 10 were suffering from weakness of upper abdominal muscles after surgery of anterior abdominal wall hernia, their age were (46.2±6.92 yrs), they were all received a graduated program of strengthening exercise for anterior abdominal wall muscles. Results: Showed that there were no a statistical significant difference between the three groups but there was a clinical difference and increase of percent of improvement in favor to group B. Conclusion: it can be concluded that kinesio taping and strengthening exercise is an effective physiotherapeutic modality for strengthening and activation of upper abdominal wall muscles after surgery of anterior abdominal wall hernia

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