Kinesiotaping for isolated rib fractures in emergency department

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dc.contributor.authorAkça A.H.
dc.contributor.authorŞaşmaz M.İ.
dc.contributor.authorKaplan
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-22T08:07:33Z
dc.date.available2024-07-22T08:07:33Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Rib fractures, which are among the most common injuries in blunt thoracic trauma, are usually encountered in Emergency Departments. Kinesiotape (KT) is a drug-free elastic therapeutic tape used for treating various musculoskeletal problems such as injury, dysfunction and pain. We aimed to investigate whether kinesotaping should be used safely and effectively in rib fractures in emergency setting. Materials and methods: This was a prospective, randomized controlled study conducted in an Emergency Department of a University Hospital. Patients diagnosed with isolated rib fractures were included in the study. Pain severity of patients assessed with 0–10 cm visual analog scale (VAS), then patients assigned into 2 treatment groups. One of them received treatment with flurbiprofen 200 mg/day and the other group received kinesiotaping in addition to the same oral therapy. On the 4th day of the procedure, both groups were assessed with VAS in the followup visit. Results: Total of 82 patients presented with rib fractures, 52 of them were excluded. Remaining 30 constituted the study group and randomly allocated to kinesiotaping (n = 16) or control group (n = 14). In both groups, pain intensity on the 4th day was significantly reduced when compared with baseline (p for both<0.01). Additionally, considering the reducing the pain intensity on 4th day, kinesiotaping was significantly superior than the control group (p < 0.01). Conclusion: This study investigated the use of kinesiotaping in emergency departments. When compared to NSAID therapy alone, combined kinesiotaping and NSAID therapy appears to be more effective in terms of pain reduction in rib fractures. © 2019 Elsevier Inc.
dc.identifier.DOI-ID10.1016/j.ajem.2019.11.049
dc.identifier.issn07356757
dc.identifier.urihttp://akademikarsiv.cbu.edu.tr:4000/handle/123456789/13990
dc.language.isoEnglish
dc.publisherW.B. Saunders
dc.subjectAthletic Tape
dc.subjectEmergency Service, Hospital
dc.subjectFemale
dc.subjectFollow-Up Studies
dc.subjectFracture Fixation
dc.subjectHumans
dc.subjectMale
dc.subjectMiddle Aged
dc.subjectProspective Studies
dc.subjectRib Fractures
dc.subjectThoracic Injuries
dc.subjectTime Factors
dc.subjectTreatment Outcome
dc.subjectWounds, Nonpenetrating
dc.subjectflurbiprofen
dc.subjectmajezik
dc.subjectadult
dc.subjectArticle
dc.subjectbandaging technique
dc.subjectclinical article
dc.subjectcontrolled clinical trial
dc.subjectcontrolled study
dc.subjectfemale
dc.subjecthospital emergency service
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectkinesiotaping
dc.subjectmale
dc.subjectpain
dc.subjectpain intensity
dc.subjectpain severity
dc.subjectpriority journal
dc.subjectrib fracture
dc.subjectuniversity hospital
dc.subjectvisual analog scale
dc.subjectathletic tape
dc.subjectblunt trauma
dc.subjectcomplication
dc.subjectfollow up
dc.subjectfracture fixation
dc.subjectmiddle aged
dc.subjectprocedures
dc.subjectprospective study
dc.subjectrandomized controlled trial
dc.subjectrib fracture
dc.subjectthorax injury
dc.subjecttime factor
dc.subjecttreatment outcome
dc.titleKinesiotaping for isolated rib fractures in emergency department
dc.typeArticle

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