The aim of this study was to determine whether Kinesiology Taping is an effective method to combat lumbar spine related to overload, and how its application affected the pain of two professional groups of the hospital: administrative staff and medical personnel.

The study included 80 employees of the Provincial Integrated Hospital in Toruń complaining of pain, related to overloading of the lumbar spine. Among the respondents there were 73 women, which accounted for 91% of the respondents and 7 men, which accounted for 9% of the respondents. The method that was used in the study was Kinesiology Taping. The numerical scale - NRS was used to assess the pain, with the help of which the subjects determined the level of their pain before the first application, during and after application. The fingers-floor test and the Schober test were used to determine changes in the mobility of the lumbar spine. Tests were performed before and after application.

The case studies have shown that Kinesiology Taping is an effective method to combat lumbar spine pain

Anna Kałużna

Anna Nasiewska

Ewa Kitschke

Krystian Kałużny

Walery Żukow

Journal of Education Health and Sport

The aim of this study was to determine whether Kinesiology Taping is an effective method to combat lumbar spine related to overload, and how its application affected the pain of two professional groups of the hospital: administrative staff and medical personnel.
The study included 80 employees of the Provincial Integrated Hospital in Toruń complaining of pain, related to overloading of the lumbar spine. Among the respondents there were 73 women, which accounted for 91% of the respondents and 7 men, which accounted for 9% of the respondents. The method that was used in the study was Kinesiology Taping. The numerical scale - NRS was used to assess the pain, with the help of which the subjects determined the level of their pain before the first application, during and after application. The fingers-floor test and the Schober test were used to determine changes in the mobility of the lumbar spine. Tests were performed before and after application.
The case studies have shown that Kinesiology Taping is an effective method to combat lumbar spine pain

Kałużna, Anna

Nasiewska, Anna

Kitschke, Ewa

Kałużny, Krystian

Żukow, Walery

Akademicka Platforma Czasopism

Kałużna Anna, Nasiewska Anna, Kitschke Ewa, Kałużny Krystian, Zukow Walery. The effect of Kinesiology Taping on overloadpains in employees of the Provincial Integrated Hospital in Toruń. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2018;8(9):1293-1298.eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1433330http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/6077The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 1223 (26/01/2017).1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7© The Authors 2018;This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, PolandOpen Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium,provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike.(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper.Received: 22.08.2018. Revised: 28.08.2018. Accepted: 21.09.2018.The effect of Kinesiology Taping on overload pains in employees of the ProvincialIntegrated Hospital in ToruńAnna Kałużna1, Anna Nasiewska2, Ewa Kitschke1, Krystian Kałużny1, Walery Zukow31) Chair and Clinic of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Sciences, Nicolaus CopernicusUniversity in Toruń, The Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz2) Bydgoszcz University in Bydgoszcz3) Department  of  Spatial  Management  and  Tourism,  Faculty  of  Earth  Sciences,Nicolaus Copernicus University in ToruńAnna Kałużna and Anna Nasiewska contributed equally to the present work.AbstractThe aim of this study was to determine whether Kinesiology Taping is an effective methodto combat lumbar spine related to overload, and how its application affected the pain of twoprofessional groups of the hospital: administrative staff and medical personnel.The study included 80 employees of the Provincial Integrated Hospital in Toruń complainingof pain, related to overloading of the lumbar spine. Among the respondents there were 73women, which accounted for 91% of the respondents and 7 men, which accounted for 9% ofthe  respondents.  The  method  that  was  used  in  the  study  was  Kinesiology  Taping.  Thenumerical  scale  -  NRS was used to  assess  the  pain,  with  the  help  of  which the subjectsdetermined the level of their pain before the first application, during and after application. Thefingers-floor test and the Schober test were used to determine changes in the mobility of thelumbar spine. Tests were performed before and after application.The  case  studies  have  shown that  Kinesiology  Taping  is  an  effective  method  to  combatlumbar spine pain. 1293IntroductionSpinal diseases are a common condition in Poland. Research shows that every thirdinhabitant  of our country complains about backache.  Excessive occupational  load:  lack ofworkplace ergonomics, movement with an incorrect stereotype,  limitation of mobility in aspecific anatomical region or excessive loading of tissues may cause overloading diseases.[1,2]Spine diseases occur both in people who are hard-working and who spend many hoursduring the day at the computer. [3]The nagging pain causes us to think about various new methods in medicine, and theyindicate  that  pain  can  be  effectively  reduced.  The  popularity  of  the  Kinesiology  TapingMethod, associated with the effectiveness of the patch in many different ailments includingmuscles and joints, cardiovascular system, lymphatic system as well as the nervous system,prompted me to do this job. [4,5]In practice,  all the possibilities of the tape used in the Kinesiology Taping methodhave not yet been checked. [4]AimThe aim of this study was to determine whether Kinesiology Taping is an effectivemethod to combat lumbar spine related to overload, and how its application affected the painof two professional groups of the hospital: administrative staff and medical personnel.Material and methodsThe  study  included  80  employees  of  the  Provincial  Integrated  Hospital  in  Toruńcomplaining of pain, related to overloading of the lumbar spine. Among the respondents therewere 73 women, which accounted for 91% of the respondents and 7 men, which accounted for9% of the respondents. The average age of the respondents was 48 years. During recruitment,two groups of employees were created for the study: medical personnel (nurses, midwives,physiotherapists)  and  administration  employees  (accountants,  reference  persons,  medicalrecorders). Each group consisted of 40 people.The method that was used in the study was Kinesiology Taping. The veneers werecarried out using the muscle method on the lumbar spine. The base was glued near the base ofthe sacrum and the fifth lumbar vertebrae, tails parallel to the spinous processes of the spine,in the distance of the muscle attachments (flexion with the rotation of the torso).The numerical scale - NRS was used to assess the pain, with the help of which thesubjects  determined  the  level  of  their  pain  before  the  first  application,  during  and  afterapplication. The fingers-floor test and the Schober test were used to determine changes in themobility of the lumbar spine. Tests were performed before and after application.1294Statistical methodsThe statistical  analysis  of  the  collected  data  was carried  out  in  the Statistica  10.0program. For the analysis of the test, the floor fingers were used to test the parametric twoaverages,  because  the  Shapiro-Wilk  test  resulted  in  the  normal  distribution  data.  For  theSchober test, the bite from the Shapiro-Wilk test resulted in the fact that we do not deal withthe  normal  distribution  data.  Therefore,  a  nonparametric  test  was  carried  out  for  theverification of the hypothesis, a test for differences in the sum of Wilcoxon rank that met thecriteria of the collected data. When testing the improvement of the extension, a character testwas used, which is a non-parametric test, based on signs of differences between the studiedpopulations. It is a non-parametric equivalent of the student's parametric T-test. Examines thedifference  between  the  first  and  second  group  of  data.  The  choice  of  this  test  was  themotivated result of the Shapiro-Wilk test, which showed that we do not deal with the normaldistribution. In this study, p <0.05 was assumed as the level of statistical significance.ResultsThe result of the test on the NRS scale of the subjects, before the application, rangedfrom 2 to 10 and was on average 6.17±1.62. The result of the NRS scale in the group ofadministrative employees before the application ranged from 3 to 10 and was on average6.1±1.82. The result of the NRS scale in the group of medical personnel before the applicationwas in the range from 2 to 9 and was on average 6.25±1.40.Table 1. NRS values before application.NRS values before applicationDescriptive statisticsn x Me Min. Max. Q1 Q3 V SDAdministration employees 40 6,1 6 3 10 5 7 30% 1,82Medical staff 40 6.25 6 2 9 5 8 23% 1,40Total 80 6,17 6 2 10 5 7 26% 1,62n - number of observations; x - average arithmetic; Me - median; Min. - minimum; Max - maximum; Q1 - lower quartile; Q3 - upper quartile; V - coefficient of variation, SD - standard deviation.The results of the NRS scale survey, after the change of application, ranged from 0 to8  and  averaged  3.55±1.53.  The  results  of  the  study  on  the  NRS  scale  in  the  group  ofadministrative employees after changing the application were in the range of values from 0 to8  and  were  on  average  3.7±1.54.  The results  of  the  NRS scale  in  the  group of  medicalpersonnel after the change of application ranged from 1 to 7 and were on average 3.4±1.53.1295Table 2. NRS values after application.NRS values after application    Descriptive statisticsn x Me Min. Max. Q1 Q3 V SDAdministration employees 40 3,7 4 0 8 3 5 42% 1,54Medical staff 40 3,4 3,5 1 7 2 4 45% 1,53Total 80 3,55 4 0 8 3 5 43% 1,53n - number of observations; x - average arithmetic; Me - median; Min. - minimum; Max - maximum; Q1 - lower quartile; Q3 - upper quartile; V - coefficient of variation, SD - standard deviation.The  distance-to-floor  distance  measurement  before  and  after  application  has  beencompared,  the value of differences before and after is  shown in centimeters.  The averagemeasurement  value  before  application  was  18.5  centimeters  ±  8  centimeters.  Afterapplication, the measurement was on average 16 centimeters ± 7.87 centimeters.Table 3. The results of the to-floor test before and after application.Descriptive statisticsn x Me Min. Max. Q1 Q3 V SDMeasurement I 80 18,57 19 1 39 13,25 23,75 0,43 8,16Measurement II 80 16.16 17,5 0 38 10,25 20 0,48 7.87n - number of observations; x - average arithmetic; Me - median; Min. - minimum; Max - maximum; Q1 - lower quartile; Q3 - upper quartile; V - coefficient of variation, SD - standard deviation.Table 4. Schober test results before and after application.Descriptive statisticsn x Me Min. Max.Measurement I 80 13,1 13 11 15Measurement II 80 13,4 13 11 15n - number of observations; x - average arithmetic; Me - median; Min. - minimum; Max – maximum.DiscussionThe  pain  is  undoubtedly  one  of  the  most  important  health  problems.  It  is  worthlooking for new methods that will knock him out. However, it should be remembered that ahealthy lifestyle, adequate ergonomics of work will avoid pain. [8-11]1296Overload pain initially passes after time (after rest). However, continuous loading ofseemingly  healthy  tissues  can  cause  serious  disturbances  and,  consequently,  can  lead  toserious diseases.Obtained results of the study confirmed the effectiveness of the Kinesiology TapingMethod. Similar conclusions will appear in Słowińska in the study of office workers. It statesthat Knesiology Taping should be used as a method of supporting other forms of pain therapy.[3]Among  the  respondents,  pain  after  application  was  diminished,  but  administrativeemployees were still  experiencing pain with more seniority.  It can be stated that physicalwork  is  conducive  to  pain,  because  the  greatest  pain  occurs  after  working  with  medicalworkers, and static work is not conducive to our body causing pain because the greatest painoccurs when working with office workers. Similarly, Malasiewicz states in his study that thepain depends on the type of work performed, it is also related to the aging of the population.[12]My hypothesis was confirmed that the range of motion of the lumbar spine did notchange substantially, similarly Słowińska stated in her study that the use of the KinesiologyTaping method resulted in the reduction of pain. [3]In my research, it turned out that the better results in the test, the fingers of the floorwere achieved by administrative employees, characterized by less physical activity. However,Kuszewski states, on the contrary, that people with greater activity obtained better results inthe fingers test on the floor. [13]As for the mobility of the lumbar spine, in my research it turned out that after applyingthe patches, it increased. Similarly to Słowińska, the mobility of the spine has increased. [3]Conclusions1. The pain discomfort decreased after applying patches.2. 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