Kinesio taping could be recommended to relieve pain intensity and range of motion for patients suffering from myofascial pain syndrome at post-intervention, as revealed in a study published in 'Clinical rehabilitation'. Zhang XF et al. investigated the effectiveness of Kinesio taping for managing myofascial pain syndrome regarding pain intensity, range of motion, muscle strength, pressure pain threshold as well as disability.

From inception to November 2018, PubMed, EBSCO, Web of Science, ScienceDirect, Cochrane Library and Physiotherapy Evidence Databases were searched. The randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that used the Kinesio taping as the primary treatment protocol for participants diagnosed with myofascial pain syndrome were considered. The articles were screened, the methodological quality scoring was done using the Cochrane risk-of-bias tool and the data extracted by two reviewers independently. At post-intervention and follow-up, the primary outcomes were pain intensity, pressure pain threshold and range of motion. Secondary outcomes comprised of muscle strength and disability at post-intervention and follow-up.

It was found that the meta-analyses of 20 RCTs encompassing 959 patients had Kinesio taping being more effective as compared to other treatments in decreasing pain intensity and increasing range of motion at post-intervention. At the follow-up, Kinesio taping was also superior to other non-invasive methods in relieving pain intensity. But, there was no detectable effect on disability or function.