Methods

Nine participants men and women with chronic non-specific low back pain from Satakunta Back Association took part in the research process. Nine participants were interviewed in a written form. The amount of pain was measured by VAS scale (Appendix 1). ADL level was measured by the Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire (Appendix 2) and Suomen Kivuntutkimusyhdistys (Appendix 3). All nine participants were taped with a v-shaped technique on 12^th of February 2015 (Figure 9). After 5 days the tape was taken off. The client group was interviewed and measured with the same questionnaires. All participants were motivated and eager to take part in the research. Three participants were not able to come because of sickness, so at the end there were only six participants. The youngest client was 56 years old and the oldest client was 70 years old (Figure 10). The average age of six participants was 64 years old. The group consisted of one men and five women. Three participants were retired and three were working. The results were analyzed with Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test method. This method was chosen because the research had non-parametric population.

Figure 9. V-shaped Kinesio taping technique. (Own materials)

Figure 10. Performance of age value of the researched group. (Own materials)