Efficacy of kinesiotaping in patients with the initial signs of carpal tunnel syndrome

Abstract

Background. Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is one of the most common tunnel neuropathies. Early symptoms are often limited by periodic and slight discomfort in the area of innervation of a median nerve on the hand, so the patients are not willing to be treated invasively. Thus, a noninvasive therapy, such as kinesiotaping, could be perspective. Objective. Assessment of the efficiency of a kinesiotaping monotheraphy of patients on initial stage of CTS. Materials and methods. We included 120 patients with the initial stage of CTS: 51 men and 69 women aged from 24 till 54 years old. The main group included 70 people, and the control group – 50 patients. The main group was treated within 2 months by kinesiotaping only, control group was observed without any therapeutic intervention. Results. 60 % of the patients from the main group reported beneficial effect of kinesiotaping on clinical symptoms of the CTS. Conclusions. Kinesiotaping monotherapy at initial stages of CTS in our cohort relieves subjective symptoms in the majority of patients. To recommend kinesiotaping as an effective and safe method on initial stages of CTS to patients unwilling to undergo standard invasive treatment methods, a larger multicenter study is needed.