Short Term Effect of Kinesiotaping In Patients With Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

At the beginning of each treatment session, gel ice packs were wrapped in a damp towel and applied to the patients' shoulder joints for 20 minutes.

KT was applied to the deltoid muscle using the inhibition and mechanical correction technique and to the supraspinatus muscle using the inhibition technique (2 sessions with a 5-day interval)

EX treatment was administered for 10 days with 3 sessions/day. A triphasic exercise program was administered to the patients. Before starting the exercise program, the patients were instructed to not perform the movements exceeding 90° overhead. The exercise program was initiated using codman pendulum, passive joint motion range (with a 1-m stick), and posterior capsule stretching exercise. Shoulder wheel, finger ladder, and shoulder strengthening exercise with theraband were added to the exercise programs of patients with full or near total range of motion and pain relief. Exercise was administered twice a week under supervision; however, the patients were advised to exercise at home on the other days with 20 repetitions of each exercise. The patients were followed up via telephone to make sure they were adhering to their exercise programs.

Sham-KT was applied in 10 cm I-shaped stripes on the sagittal plane over the acromioclavicular joint without stretching and on the transverse plane distal to the deltoid area. The kinesiotape was applied twice for five days with 2-day intervals