No difference of manual therapy vs. kinesiotaping in subacromial impingement syndrome .
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The clinical and sonographic effects of kinesiotaping and exercise in comparison with manual therapy and exercise for patients with subacromial impingement syndrome: a preliminary trial
J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2014 Jul-Aug;37(6):422-3254 patients, diagnosed with subacromial impingement syndrome, were randomly allocated into 2 study groups: kinesiotaping with exercise or manual therapy with exercise. This study aimed to compare the effects of manual therapy with exercise to kinesiotaping with exercise for patients with subacromial impingement syndrome. There was no significant difference found in any of the measured characteristics between the two therapy methods however, both study groups showed improvements in pain reduction and physical disability within 6 weeks.
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