تأثير الشرائط اللاصقة و برنامج تأهيلي صحي على بعض المتغيرات البدنية المرتبطة بآلام أعلى الظهر و المنطقة العنقية المزمنة لكبار السن

Abstract EN

The researcher proceeded this study with the aim of identifying The effect of Kinesio tapes within a rehabilitation program on some physical and psychological variables related to upper back and neck pain for elderly: movement phobia, disability, and movement range, the research sample was (20) men, between (40-60) years, who suffer from upper back and neck pain, the sample was divided to two groubs, each one 10 men, The first group used the health rehabilitation program and kinesio tapes, while the second group used kinesio tapes only, Then each group was divided into two groups, with two different types of kinesio tapes shape, one group shape (H) and the other shape (Y), with (5) men per group.

The following results were measured according to four phase, once before the program (pre-measurement), another after two weeks of using the kinesio tape, again after four weeks, and finally after six weeks (post-measurement) using the Rowland-Morris questionnaire to measure the percentage of disability, the Tampa Fear and Movement Phobia Scale, and movement range, The results showed the effectiveness of the use of kinesio tapes for both groups in reducing the disability, fear and phobia of movement, in addition to improving the movement range, but the two groups that used kinesio tape with the health rehabilitation program had the most effectiveness in of percentage of change from the group that used kinesio tapes only, and that the percentage of change between the difference in the shape of the tape were very simple, whether with or without the proposed program.