Mohammad Sidiq, Aksh Chahal, Balamurugan Janakiraman, Faizan Kashoo, Sharad Kumar Kedia, Neha Kashyap, Richa Hirendra Rai, Neha Vyas, T S Veeragoudhaman, Krishna Reddy Vajrala, Megha Yadav, Shahiduz Zafar, Sanghamitra Jena, Monika Sharma, Shashank Baranwal, Mshari Alghadier, Abdullah Alhusayni, Abdullah Alzahrani, Vijay Selvan Natarajan
BACKGROUND: In 2020, 203 million people experienced neck pain, with a higher prevalence in women. By 2050, it is predicted that neck pain will affect 269 million people, representing a 32.5% increase. Physical rehabilitation is often employed for the treatment of chronic non-specific neck pain (CNSNP) and the associated functional loss. Taping is frequently used as an adjunct treatment alongside primary physical rehabilitation. Unlike kinesio tape (KT), the therapeutic benefits of dynamic tape (DT) have not been thoroughly explored and documented in non-athletic conditions...
2024: PeerJ