The Efficacy of Kinesiology Taping in the Treatment of Women With Post–Mastectomy Lymphedema: A Systematic Review

Tremback-Ball, Amy; Harding, Rachael; Heffner, Kathryn; Zimmerman, Aryn

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“…Whether kinesiology taping affects cutaneous blood microcirculation in the presence of pathophysiology remains a matter for debate. Evidence from animal models and clinical studies in humans with blood and lymphatic microcirculatory dysfunction is insufficient and inconclusive, although the systematic reviews [6][7][8][9] suggest potential benefit for cancerrelated lymphedema. Hence, there appears merit in further investigation of kinesiology taping in clinical populations with microcirculatory dysfunction via a large scale robust RCT to determine efficacy.…”

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“…The scope of the use of kinesiology taping in healthcare has extended beyond musculoskeletal practice to include management of cancer-related lymphedema [6][7][8]. It is claimed by the advocates that kinesiology taping creates convolutions of the skin causing the epidermis to lift away from the underlying tissues and the resultant decompression alters flow of blood and lymph in the microcirculation, which in turn might reduce swelling [2][3][4].…”

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The immediate effects of kinesiology taping on cutaneous blood flow in healthy humans under resting conditions: A randomised controlled repeated-measures laboratory study

Banerjee¹,

Briggs²,

Johnson³

2020

PLoS ONE

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Background Kinesiology taping (KT) is used in musculoskeletal practice for preventive and rehabilitative purposes. It is claimed that KT improves blood flow in the microcirculation by creating skin convolutions and that this reduces swelling and facilitates healing of musculoskeletal injuries. There is a paucity of physiological studies evaluating the effect of KT on cutaneous blood microcirculation. Objectives The purpose of this parallel-group controlled laboratory repeated measures design study was to evaluate the effects of KT on cutaneous blood microcirculation in healthy human adults using a dual wavelength (infrared and visible-red) laser Doppler Imaging (LDI) system. KT was compared with rigid taping and no taping controls to isolate the effects associated with the elasticity of KT Methods Forty-five healthy male and female human adults were allocated to one of the three interventions using constrained randomisation following the pre-intervention measurement: (i) KT (ii) ST (standard taping) (iii) NT (no taping). Cutaneous blood perfusion was measured using LDI in the ventral surface of forearm at pre-intervention, during-intervention and postintervention in a normothermic environment at resting conditions.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The immediate effects of kinesiology taping on cutaneous blood flow in healthy humans under resting conditions: A randomised controlled repeated-measures laboratory study

Banerjee¹,

Briggs²,

Johnson³

2020

PLoS ONE

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“…Baseados neste princípio, estuda-se seus efeitos descongestionantes no linfedema em pacientes mastectomizados, os quais exibem resultados positivos na redução deste tipo de edema neste grupo de pacientes (Pekyavaş et al, 2014;Tremback-Ball et al, 2018).…”

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Campanholi¹,

Cruz²

2019

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“…Previous systematic reviews 36 - 38 failed to demonstrate significant advantages of KT compared to other treatments. As a result, its role in a comprehensive rehabilitation approach is far from being fully characterized.…”

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Efficacy of kinesio taping on upper limb volume reduction in patients with breast cancer-related lymphedema: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

Marotta

Lippi

Ammendolia

et al. 2023

Eur J Phys Rehabil Med

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INTRODUCTION One of the most common disabling complications in breast cancer (BC) patients is breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL), a pathological condition affecting both physical and psychological function, with detrimental consequences on health-related quality of life (HR-QoL). Rehabilitation has a key role in the comprehensive management of this condition with several studies reporting positive results after performing complex decongestive therapies (CDT) in these women. Kinesio taping (KT) is a rather recent therapeutic approach to treat BCRL, however, evidence in literature regarding its effectiveness is far from being fully characterized. Therefore, this systematic review aimed at assessing the role of KT among the CDT to treat BCRL. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science were systematically searched from inception until May 5 th , 2022 to determine randomized control trials (RCTs) reporting patients with BCRL; KT as intervention; limb volume as outcome (PROSPERO number: CRD42022349720). EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS Out of the documents identified, 123 were eligible for data screening, and only 7 RCTs satisfied the eligibility criteria and were included. We found that KT might have a positive effect on limb volume reduction in patients with BCRL, albeit there is little evidence for low quality of the included studies. CONCLUSIONS Taken together, this systematic review showed that KT did not significantly reduce the upper limb volume in BCRL women, albeit it seemed to increase the flow rate during the passive exercise. Further high-quality-studies are mandatory to improve the knowledge in order to include the KT might into a multidisciplinary rehabilitative approach for the management of BC survivors affected by lymphedema.

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The Efficacy of Kinesiology Taping in the Treatment of Women With Post–Mastectomy Lymphedema: A Systematic Review

Cited by 10 publications

References 11 publications

The immediate effects of kinesiology taping on cutaneous blood flow in healthy humans under resting conditions: A randomised controlled repeated-measures laboratory study

The immediate effects of kinesiology taping on cutaneous blood flow in healthy humans under resting conditions: A randomised controlled repeated-measures laboratory study

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Efficacy of kinesio taping on upper limb volume reduction in patients with breast cancer-related lymphedema: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

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