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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">3930</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2021.131416</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>A Comparative Study on the Effect of Kinesio taping with Rigid taping in Computer Professionals with Chronic Non-specific Low Back Pain&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>P</surname><given-names>Mohan</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>SG</surname><given-names>Sudhan</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ramalingam</surname><given-names>A Thangamani</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>K</surname><given-names>Dhasaradharaman</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>A</surname><given-names>Suresh</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>20</day><month>07</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>4)</volume><issue/><fpage>194</fpage><lpage>199</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Background: Abnormal posture leading to back pain is a major work-related health problem, especially in software and IT-enabled services. Objective: It is intended to find out the effect of Kinesio taping compared with rigid taping in alleviating pain and disability for work-related chronic low back pain in computer professionals. Method: Study was conducted on 26 computer professionals with chronic low back pain, divided into two groups randomly and intervened with Kinesio taping(KT) in one group and rigid taping(RT) in another group. The outcome of pain and disability was measured using the McGill pain questionnaire and the Oswestry disability index. Both groups were compared for the mean difference and effect size on pain and disability by using ANOVA and Cohen__ampersandsignrsquo;s. Results: statistical analysis showed that KT or RT useful in reducing symptoms but there was a significant difference of P __ampersandsignle;0.05 between the Kinesio tape group and the rigid tape group in terms of pain and disability. Conclusion: Kinesio taping was more effective than rigid taping in reducing pain and disability for computer users with chronic low back pain.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Chronic low back pain</kwd><kwd> Kinesio tape</kwd><kwd> Rigid tape</kwd><kwd> Work-related musculoskeletal disorder</kwd><kwd> Computer professionals</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
