Effects of Kinesiotaping for Hands Function in Rheumatoid Arthritis

"Participants will receive a Hand exercise program including 8 different movements according to Flat 20 (flexion, extension, radial deviation of the fingers, dorsal flexion, palmar flexion, ulnar deviation of the fingers, and opposition and abduction of thumbs.~Repetitions include 5 times during each session, as given in the study. Balanced resistive hand exercise with use of physio hand ball squeezes including finger abduction and adduction exercises with MCP extended and gross grip.~Each contraction to be held for 3-5 seconds with a 20-second rest between contractions. Five repetitions of each resistive exercise will be done."

Participants will receive Kinesiotape, by using I application technique from proximal to distal on dorsum of hand and forearm with less than 50% stretch of the subjects on both hands, once a week for a total time period of 4 weeks with 4 KT applications in total (19). Kinesiotape will be worn by the subjects for 3 days. basic hand exercises will accompny it. Weekly assessments will be completed for pain, ROM, joint stiffness, grip strength and ADLs.

"Participants will receive exercise interventions as group A along with that the Kinesiotape will be applied, by using fan cut application technique on MCP joints involving extensor tendons of fingers on dorsal surface of both hands of subjects, once a week for a total time period of 4 weeks with 4 KT applications in total.~Kinesiotape will be worn by the subjects for 3 days. Less than 50% stretch with space correction technique. basic hand exercises will accompny it. Weekly assessments will be completed for pain, ROM, joint stiffness, grip strength and ADLs."