• Wen-Hao Luo and Ye Li.
• Department of General Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China.
• Pain Res Manag. 2021 Jan 1; 2021: 5516389.

ObjectiveTo demonstrate whether KT is better than placebo taping, nonelastic taping, or no taping in reducing pain.MethodsPubMed, Embase, Web of Science, the Cochrane Central Library, and ClinicalTrials.gov were systematically searched up to 20 October 2020 for randomized controlled studies that used KT to treat chronic knee pain according to PRISMA guidelines. We extracted the mean differences and SD in pretreatment and posttreatment for selected outcomes measured in the experimental and control groups for subsequent meta-analyses.ResultsIn total, 8 studies involving 416 participants fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Our results indicated that KT is better than other tapings (placebo taping or nonelastic taping) in the early four weeks. The mean difference was -1.44 (95% CI: -2.04--0.84, I2 = 49%, P ≤ 0.01). Treatment methods which were performed for more than six weeks (0.16 (95% CI: -0.35-0.68, I2 = 0%, P=0.53)) show no significant difference in reducing pain. In studies in which visual analogue scale was measured, a positive effect was observed for KT combined with exercise program training (-3.27 (95% CI: -3.69-2.85, I2 = 0%, P < 0.05)).ConclusionKT exhibited significant but temporary pain reduction.Copyright © 2021 Wen-hao Luo and Ye Li.

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