BACKGROUND: Low back pain (LBP) is enormously common health problem& most of subjects experience it at some point of their life.Kinesio-taping is one of therapy methods introduced for studied
cases with nonspecific low back pain.
OBJECTIVES: to look at how Kinesio-taping affects studied cases with non-specific low back pain in terms of discomfort, range of motion, & back muscular strength. SUBJECTS: 40 mechanical LBP patients aged 20-40 years had been assigned haphazardly into two groups, They had been selected from out patient
clinic, KasrAl-AiniHospital, Cairo university.
Methods:GroupA:20 patients received the I-shape KT longitudinally& conventional physiotherapy program. Group B:20 studied cases received application of the KT Horizontally& conventional physiotherapy program. pain had been measured by visual analog scale, Range of motion had been
measured by RolandMorris Disability Questionnaire (RMDQ),& strength had been measured by an isokinetic dynamometer before & after therapy. Therapy sessions had been three times weekly for four
weeks.
RESULTS: Groups(A & B) discovereddecrease in pain& disability and rise in their flexion, extension ROM& peak torque of trunk extensor after end of 4 weeks ofprogram. mean values ofpain scale after therapyhad been3.7 and5.04 in groupsA & B. mean values ofDisability scale after treatment had been7.87.and 9.35in groups A & B. mean values of ROM of flexion had been28.06, and 24.53in groupsA& B. mean values of ROM ofextension had been13.43 & 10.73in groupsA &B. mean values ofPeak torque of lumbar extensors were 65.43 and 63.22 in groups A & B.Though, participants who received the I-shape KT longitudinallyas well as conventional physiotherapy program (group A),discovered more reduction in pain&disability and more improvement in ROM of flexion, extension, and
Peak torque of lumbar extensors value (P