EVALUATION OF KINESIOTHERAPY ON PAIN CONTROL AND SWELLING FOR THIRD MOLAR TOOTH REMOVAL: SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS

Abstract

Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the postoperative effects of kinesiotherapy (KT) on pain control and swelling for third molar tooth removal through a systematic review and meta-analysis. Study Design The systematic review (SR) was conducted in the following electronic databases: PubMed, Scopus, Embase, SciELO, Web of Science, LILACS, IEEE Xplore, OpenGrey, and Open Access Thesis and Dissertations using the PICOT strategy to answer the question: “Does the use of kinesiotapes change pain and postoperative edema in patients undergoing extraction of third molars?” Treatment effects were defined as a standardized mean difference (SMD), and 95% CI were established. The GRADE tool was used to assess the quality of SR evidence. Results For the meta-analysis, 6 studies were included. In our study, we observed the effectiveness of KT for edema control in the initial postoperative period (SMD = −0.88, 95% CI, −1.41 to −0.35, P = .001). The initial postoperative pain control showed advantages of using kinesiotape with a statistically significant difference (SMD = −1.55, 95% CI, −2.05 to −1.05, P < .001). Conclusions KT can be an important third molar postoperative adjunctive treatment to slightly reduce pain and moderately reduce edema. This study aimed to evaluate the postoperative effects of kinesiotherapy (KT) on pain control and swelling for third molar tooth removal through a systematic review and meta-analysis. The systematic review (SR) was conducted in the following electronic databases: PubMed, Scopus, Embase, SciELO, Web of Science, LILACS, IEEE Xplore, OpenGrey, and Open Access Thesis and Dissertations using the PICOT strategy to answer the question: “Does the use of kinesiotapes change pain and postoperative edema in patients undergoing extraction of third molars?” Treatment effects were defined as a standardized mean difference (SMD), and 95% CI were established. The GRADE tool was used to assess the quality of SR evidence. For the meta-analysis, 6 studies were included. In our study, we observed the effectiveness of KT for edema control in the initial postoperative period (SMD = −0.88, 95% CI, −1.41 to −0.35, P = .001). The initial postoperative pain control showed advantages of using kinesiotape with a statistically significant difference (SMD = −1.55, 95% CI, −2.05 to −1.05, P < .001). KT can be an important third molar postoperative adjunctive treatment to slightly reduce pain and moderately reduce edema.