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Tape your way to better posture? new study tests kinesiotaping for rounded backs

NCT ID NCT06959680

Symptom relief Sponsor: Sultan Abdulhamid Han Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026

Summary

This study tests whether adding kinesiotaping (a special elastic tape) to exercise can improve posture, balance, pain, and quality of life in young adults aged 18-45 with a rounded upper back (thoracic hyperkyphosis). 48 participants will be split into three groups: exercise plus real tape, exercise plus sham tape, or exercise alone. Researchers will measure changes in the spine curve, balance, and pain over two months.

What this could mean

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Active substance
kinesiotaping (elastic tape applied to the back)
What this could lead to
If it works, this could offer a simple, non-drug way to improve posture and balance in people with rounded upper backs.
What could go wrong
This is a small, early-stage study with only 48 people. The tape may not provide lasting benefits beyond exercise alone, and results may not apply to older adults or those with more severe spine problems.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Not a phased trial

Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.

Participants

About 48 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Started

Apr 2025

Expected to finish

Jan 2026

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

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Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

18 to 45 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Not accepted

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Inclusion Criteria: * Being between the ages of 18-45 * Among the patients who applied to the physical medicine and rehabilitation outpatient clinic with poor posture or nonspecific back pain, the kyphosis angle was measured as ≥ 40 on the thoracic lateral radiograph * Being literate * Agreeing to participate in the research Exclusion Criteria: * Patients younger than 18 years and older than 45 years * Spinal deformity, Scheuermann disease, disc herniation * Previous spine surgery and trauma * Neuromuscular, peripheral neuropathic disease * Pregnant and postmenopausal women * Vertigo disease (central or peripheral cause) * Use of medication that may cause dizziness (in the last 3 months) * Defect of vision * Presence of physical deformity or additional disease that will prevent exercise * Active skin disease in the area where tape will be applied

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Scheuermann disease

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Balance Kinesio taping Kyphosis postural thoracic Kyphosis thoracic Postural kyphosis

How to take part

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  2. The official record

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Marmara University Faculty of Medicine

    RECRUITING

    Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)

  • Sultan 2.Abdülhamid Han Training and Research Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Istanbul, Üsküdar, Turkey (Türkiye)

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