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Volume 21, Issue 5
  • ISSN: 1573-4048
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Abstract

Background

During pregnancy, hormonal and physiological changes can affect the abdominal muscles. Diastasis rectus abdominis can often be detected during pregnancy and the postpartum period.

Objective

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of kinesio taping on rectus abdominis diastasis in the postpartum period.

Methods

In this study, all published RCTs and quasi-RCT studies related to the studied title were searched and evaluated by considering the PICO method in PubMed, Web of Science, and Scopus until September 2022. Meta-analysis was performed using Review Manager 5.3 statistical software. Initially, 146 articles were analyzed, and after duplicates had been removed, 109 articles were available for evaluation. Finally, seven studies were included in the meta-analysis.

Results

The outcome of the meta-analysis showed a statistically significant difference in improving intra rectus Diastasis above the umbilical (MD: -0.24 (95% CI: -0.33, -0.16; < 0.00001, 89%), but at the level and below the umbilical, the results were not significant. In this study, the results of this meta-analysis using the random effects model showed a statistically significant difference between the intervention group receiving kinesio taping and the control group (MD: -0.51; 95%) regarding physical disability due to back pain. CI: -1.86, -1.16, = 0.00001, I2 = 0%.

Conclusions

Kinesio taping alone or in combination with exercise improves DRA (more significant above the umbilicus), physical disability due to low back, and decreased abdominal circumference size in postpartum better than other methods.

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The Effect of Kinesio Taping on Diastasis Rectus Abdominal in Postpartum: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
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Keyword(s): abdominis; back pain; Kinesio tape; postpartum; postpartum women; rectus abdominal diastasis

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