The Effect of Kinesio Tape on Pain Management in Laparoscopic Gynecological Surgeries.

The Effect of Kinesio Tape on Pain Management in Laparoscopic Gynecological Surgeries: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Kinesio tapes have been used in medicine to reduce pain in various situations. It is an easy applicable and effective tape. The possible affect of this tape will be assessed in patients undergoing gynecological laparoscopic surgeries.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Gynecological Laparoscopy
• Intervention / Treatment: Device: Pain management after surgery

Detailed Description

Kinesio tape is frequently used for pain palliation in medicine including orthopedics, physical therapy and rehabilitation, and dentistry. Recent studies show that it alleviates the amount of postoperative perceived pain in obstetrics and general surgery. In our study, we plan to contribute to the medical literature by studying its effect on pain palliation in patients undergoing laparoscopic gynecological surgery.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 54
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Turkey (Türkiye)
  • Mersin, Turkey (Türkiye), 33343
    • Mersin University
  • Mersin, Turkey (Türkiye), 33110
    • Mersin University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Adult; Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• being older than 18 years old female gender benign gynecologic conditions patients who underwent laparoscopic surgery patients who do not have any predisposing factors that aggreviate pain no history of malignancy no prior abdominal surgery patients who do not regularly take antiinflammatory medication patients who give permission to participate

Exclusion Criteria:

• being younger than 18 years old non-female gender having malignancies patients who underwent laparatomy patients with predisposing factors that aggrevate pain having prior abdominal surgery patients taking regular antiinflammatory medications who do not want to participate

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Study group; Kinesio tape will be applied postoperatively to the patients in this group	Device: Pain management after surgery; Kinesio tapes will be applied to the patients in the study group after gynecological laparoscopic operations. The routine pain management will also be provided in these patients in addition to the kinesio tapes. Only postoperative pain management will be provided to the patients in the control group. The patients will be consisted of only the patients who will be operated laparoscopically for gynecological diseases.
No Intervention: Control group; These patients will only get routine postoperative management.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Amount of perceived pain	The amount of postoperative pain will be measured by using visual analogue scales (score ranges from 0 to 100 mm, higher scores indicate more pain)	36 hours from the operation

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Mersin University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 15, 2024
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 1, 2025
• Study Completion (Actual): February 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: October 10, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 17, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): October 18, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Estimated): October 22, 2025
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 21, 2025
• Last Verified: October 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: 2024/912

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: Yes
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: Yes