The effectiveness of knee orthosis versus Kinesio tape on pain, physical function, strength and proprioception in patients with knee osteoarthritis

to evaluate the effectiveness of knee orthosis and Kinesio-tape on pain, physical function, muscle strength, and knee proprioception in patients with knee osteoarthritis

The present study is a parallel group, prospective, quasi-experimental trial with blinded outcome assessors. The participants will be allocated to knee orthosis and or kinesio-tape groups through permuted block randomization at an assignment ratio of 1:1. To ensure allocation concealment, randomization codes were kept in opaque, sealed, sequentially-numbered envelopes.

Shahid Beheshti University

The American College of Rheumatology classification criteria, pain intensity of at least 4, Kellgren and Lawrence grade 2 or 3, Standing and walking without assistance Exclusion criteria: knee flexion contracture corticosteroid injection within the past 6 month neurological diseases systemic diseases BMI of more than 36 diabetes mellitus history of wearing knee orthoses or applying Kinesio-tape for the last 6 months Patellofemoral pain syndrome Hip and knee replacementd

Group A: knee orthosis Group B: kinesio-tape

Pain intensity, WOMAC score

The group allocation will be performed through permuted block randomization at an assignment ratio of 1:1. For allocation concealment, the randomization codes will be kept in opaque, sealed, sequentially numbered envelopes. Sample size is estimated at 50, however, to take account of potential withdrawals, 56 patients (n=28 per group) will be recruited for the study. First, create and seal 28 treatment A envelopes and 28 treatment B envelopes. To create a block of 4, we will select 2 treatment A envelopes and 2 treatment B envelopes. We will shuffle these 4 envelopes thoroughly, and place this block of 4 in a separate pile. Then, we will prepare additional blocks of 4 until all 28 treatment A and B envelopes have been used. All additional blocks will be placed in their own individual piles. We will have 14 individual piles of shuffled blocks of 4, for example AABB, BBAA, ABBA, BAAB, ABAB, BABA.

The outcome assessor will be blinded to group allocation, because all dependent variables will be measured without the orthosis and or tape, and the patients will remove their knee orthosis or kinesio-taping before referring for post-intervention assessment. Furthermore, all data will be encoded to prevent bias and to blind the statistician.

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