Effect Of Kinesiology Tape On Pain, Posture, Balance And Respiration In Ankylosing Spondylitis

Effect Of Kinesiology Tape On Pain, Posture, Balance And Respiration In Ankylosing Spondylitis

This study will investigate the effects of kinesio taping on pain, posture, balance, and respiration in ankylosing spondylitis, and compare its effects with routine home exercises given to this group.

Patients over 18 years of age with a stable course of ankylosing spondylitis will be included in the study. Patients will be randomly divided into two groups using a random number table. The first group will receive a home exercise program (range of motion[ROM], spinal extensor strengthening, posture, balance, and breathing exercises), while the second group will receive both the home exercise program and kinesio taping. Subsequently, comparisons will be made between the groups using visual analog scale (VAS), ROM (cervical and lumbar), Berg Balance Scale, Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI), Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index (BASFI), Bath AS Metrology Index (BASMI), Modified Schober test, hand-finger-ground distance, chest expansion, and AS(Ankylosing Spondiliytis) quality of life questionnaire.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients over 18 years of age, who had been diagnosed with ankylosing spondylitis

Exclusion Criteria:

Patients with

• active malignancies
• active cellulitis and any infections,
• open wounds
• deep vein thrombosis
• any chronic pulmonary disease,
• fever of unknown origin
• carotid arterial disease,
• vestibular and orthopedic pathologies, affecting balance.