Research on the effectiveness and safety of kinesiotaping in middle-aged and elderly military patients for reducing acute and chronic myofascial pain

Introduction. In a medical center for rehabilitation treatment, the vast majority of military patients are people of middle age (45–59 years according to the WHO classifi cation) and older. Many of them participated in combat activities, special operations, and had injuries of various limitation periods. With age, the number of degenerative changes in the connective tissue, musculoskeletal system, and nervous system increases, which creates biomechanical conditions for the occurrence of acute and chronic pain syndrome of varying intensity. The goal of research — to study the effectiveness and safety of kinesiotherapy in patients of middle and older age groups with acute and chronic pain syndrome.

Materials and methods. From February 2017 to July 2018, a prospective study was carried out in the Medical Center for Rehabilitation Treatment (Korolev), P. V. Mandryka Central Military Clinical Hospital. Patient selection and sampling was carried out by the continuous method. 154 military patients underwent treatment at the Medical Center for Rehabilitation Treatment (Korolev), P. V. Mandryka Central Military Clinical Hospital under our supervision. All patients suffered from acute and chronic pain. Kinesiotherapy was used as a treatment method. All patients were assessed for the severity of pain before treatment, on the fi rst and fi fth days. The safety of the method was evaluated by observing local irritation reactions and systemic allergic reactions.

Results. Kinesiotherapy in the treatment of military patients with acute and chronic pain syndrome allows to reduce the severity of pain, in accordance with the results of the assessment on the fi rst and the fi fth days (differences are statistically signifi cant, p<0,05, Student′s t-test). This treatment method showed high (69,4 %) effectiveness and safety (not a single case of systemic allergic reactions, 4,1 % of cases with local irritation reactions).

Conclusion. This treatment method can be used in cases of acute and chronic myofascial pain syndrome in a hospital setting in middle-aged and older patients. Its use is possible both for quick and prolonged improvement (during 5 days) of the patients′ condition.

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