EFFECTIVENESS OF KINESIO TAPING IN THE MANAGEMENT OF KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS - A PROSPECTIVE STUDY

Abstract

Background: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) joint disease most commonly occurs in the elderly 
population, and it causes significant pain and functional limitations. Manual therapy, physical 
therapy modalities, taping techniques, patient education and therapeutic exercises, orthosis, 
and more recently, extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) are all used to treat knee OA. 
Kinesio taping (KT) is a therapeutic technique used to treat knee OA.