Systematic review shows no strong evidence regarding the use of elastic taping for pain improvement in patients with primary knee osteoarthritis.

Stephan HeddonNicole SaulnierJorge MercadoMichelle ShalmiyevJean-Philippe Berteau

Published in: Medicine (2021)

Although ET does not provide strong adverse outcomes, our data do not support the use of ET as a treatment alone because of too slight reductions of the WOMAC score for reaching clinical efficiency. Thus, our systematic review shows no strong evidence regarding the use of elastic taping for pain improvement in patients with primary knee osteoarthritis.

Keyphrases

knee osteoarthritis
systematic review
meta analyses
chronic pain
pain management
neuropathic pain
randomized controlled trial
electronic health record
big data
machine learning
deep learning