Background: Diastasis of the rectus abdominis (DRA) has many long-term consequences for women's health. It is described as a large gap between the rectus abdominis muscles which usually appears early in the last trimester of pregnancy. Kinesio taping is a well-known nonpharmacological technique that is increasingly utilized successfully in sports, neuromuscular rehabilitation, and the management of musculoskeletal problems. Aim: determine the effect of Kinesio taping on diastasis recti and body image concerns among postpartum women. Design: a quasi-experimental research design was followed in this study. Setting: The study was conducted at the obstetric and gynecologic outpatient clinic at Damanhour National Medical Institute. Subjects: A purposive sample of 80 postpartum women was selected. Tools: Two tools were used for data collection. The first tool Socio-demographic structured interview schedule. The second tool is the body image concerns inventory scale. It was originally developed by Littleton et al. (2005) for measuring body dysmorphic appearance concerns among postpartum women. Results: According to the current study's findings, there was a highly statistically significant decrease in the inter-rectus distance after the intervention at the three levels of inter–rectus separation (p<0.001). Regarding the effect of KT on body image concerns, the study findings revealed that 45% and 37.5% of the study group had either moderate or high dysmorphic concern regarding body image respectively, before the intervention. This percentage decreased to only 27.5% & 7.5% among the study group respectively after the application of KT with highly statistically significant improvement in body image. Conclusion: the study concluded that postpartum women for whom Kinesio taping was applied had less degree of diastasis recti and lowered body image concerns than those who did not. Recommendations: the study recommended Kinesio taping as a safe, available, painless, costeffective, easy-to-use, and effective, non-pharmacological method for managing diastasis recti
Mahmoud Mohamed Mahmoud, N., Emile Gohar, I., & Moustafa Ashour Elkhatib, H. (2023). Effect of Kinesio Taping on Diastasis Recti and Body Image Concerns among Postpartum Women. Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 14(3), 1240-1253. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2023.375938
MLA
Nadia Mahmoud Mohamed Mahmoud; Isis Emile Gohar; Hanan Moustafa Ashour Elkhatib. "Effect of Kinesio Taping on Diastasis Recti and Body Image Concerns among Postpartum Women". Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 14, 3, 2023, 1240-1253. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2023.375938
HARVARD
Mahmoud Mohamed Mahmoud, N., Emile Gohar, I., Moustafa Ashour Elkhatib, H. (2023). 'Effect of Kinesio Taping on Diastasis Recti and Body Image Concerns among Postpartum Women', Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 14(3), pp. 1240-1253. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2023.375938
VANCOUVER
Mahmoud Mohamed Mahmoud, N., Emile Gohar, I., Moustafa Ashour Elkhatib, H. Effect of Kinesio Taping on Diastasis Recti and Body Image Concerns among Postpartum Women. Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 2023; 14(3): 1240-1253. doi: 10.21608/ejhc.2023.375938
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