Effect of Kinesiotaping in Reducing Low Back Pain in Pregnant Women: A Meta-Analysis

Background: Pregnancy causes physiological changes that affect the musculoskeletal system and usually poses a risk of low back pain. This study aims to analyze effect kinesiotaping on reducing pain in pregnant women based results number previous primary studies. Subjects Method : uses meta-analysis method with articles searched using search keywords "Low pain" OR "pelvic girdle AND "pregnancy" "kinesiotaping" "kinesio tape" "pain reduction" "VAS" " Randomized Controlled Trial” “RCT” from PubMed, google scholar science direct processed RevMan 5.3. The independent variable is dependent Results 9 RCT fit into inclusion criteria, total 572 samples. Pregnant who received had an average VAS score 1.23 units lower than those without kinesiotaping, was statistically significant (SMD= -1.23; 95% CI -2.30 -0.16; p= 0.02). In other words, effective women. Conclusion: Kinesio Taping has Keywords: pain, pregnancy, visual analogue scale Correspondence: Atik Handariati. Masters Program Public Health, Universitas Sebelas Maret. Jl. Ir. Sutami 36A, Surakarta 57126, Central Java, Indonesia. Email: [email protected]. Mobile: +628389­5940042. Indonesian Journal Medicine (2022), 07(02): 161-171 https://doi.org/10.26911/theijmed.2022.07.02.05