The Effect of Kinesiology Taping on the Hemiplegic Shoulder Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 1

Baseline characters of patients in the two groups.

	Taping group	Control group	value
Number	10	9
Age (years)	59 (3.2)	60 (2.3)	0.939
Male : female	7 : 3	6 : 3	0.875
Left : right (hemiplegia)	4 : 6	5 : 4	0.498
Time poststroke (weeks)	18.3 (0.82)	19.2 (2.49)	0.502
Pain	4.3 (1.2)	5.0 (0.7)	0.111
Subluxation (cm)	1.22 (0.39)	1.18 (0.33)	0.807
ROM (F) (degrees)	27.8 (6.1)	31.7 (7.6)	0.238
ROM (Abd.) (degrees)	24.8 (5.5)	25.6 (6.8)	0.763
AEMG (S) (μV)	152.6 (27.9)	163.3 (33.1)	0.925
AEMG (D) (μV)	126.8 (11.5)	134.6 (10.4)	0.482

Note. F = flexion; Abd. = abduction; S = supraspinatus muscle; D = deltoid muscle.