키네시오 테이핑요법이 여성 고령자의 요부 통증과 유연성 및 근지구력에 미치는 영향

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of Kinesio Taping Therapy on the reduction of pain and function in the lumbar region of elderly women. The test subjects were elderly women of both twenty persons of taping and control group, which were complained of lumbar pain in the I region. In addition, wide tape of 5 cm was applied twice a week for four weeks. In this present study, we conduct various analysis such as visual analogue scale, sitting trunk flexion, standing lateral flexion, and muscular endurance test. These results exhibit that visual analogue scale decreases statistical a change, and both sitting trunk flexion and standing lateral flexion test increase statistical a change. Moreover, muscle endurance test also increases significant a change. Therefore, these unique characteristics lead to positive effect of kinesio taping therapy for elder women.