EFFECTS OF KINESIOTAPING ON POSTOPERATIVE EDEMA AND PAIN

Edem je patološko stanje koje karakterizira nakupljanje tekućine u intersticijumu, što dovodi do lokalnog ili generaliziranog oticanja. Prisutnost postoperativne otekline ukazuje na nakupljanje eksudata ili transudata, te obje se te tekućine pojavljuju u kirurgiji i posteperativnom razdoblju. Rak dojke najčešći je karcinom kod žena. U značajnom broju slučajeva to zahtijeva radikalno kirurško liječenje. Kirurški zahvati na području glave su česti, a jedan od najčešćih je uklanjanje trećeg umnjaka. Nadalje, jedna od češćih operacija jest operacija koljena, te zamjena zgloba endoprotezom. Kinesiotape, koji je 1970 -ih razvio japanski kiropraktičar K. Kase, elastična je terapijska traka koja se koristi za liječenje sportskih ozljeda i raznih drugih stanja. Aplikacija kinesiotapinga se provodi tako da terapeuti lijepe vrh vrpce trake na podlogu ciljnog mišića i uklanjaju papirnatu podlogu. U terminima liječenja limfedema, kinesiotaping ima mnoge pozitivne učinke. Također, utjecaji kinesiotapinga su istraženi radi kontrole edema i boli u maksilofacijalnoj kirurgiji, poput frakture mandibule, prijeloma sredine lica i ekstrakcije trećeg umnjaka. Kod operacija koljena, kako bi se održala proprioceptivna stimulacija u kvadricepsima (od polazišta prema hvatištu) i umanjila napetost mišića zadnje lože, primijenjuje se mišićna tehnika kineziotraka u obliku slova Y.Edema is a pathological condition characterized by the accumulation of fluid in the interstitium, leading to local or generalized swelling. The presence of postoperative swelling indicates the accumulation of exudates or transudates, and both of these fluids appear in surgery and the postoperative period. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. In a significant number of cases, this requires radical surgical treatment. Surgical procedures in the head area are common, and one of the most common is the removal of the third wisdom tooth. Furthermore, one of the more common surgeries is knee surgery, and joint replacement with an endoprosthesis. Kinesiotape, developed in the 1970s by Japanese chiropractor K. Kase, is an elastic therapy tape used to treat sports injuries and various other conditions. The application of kinesiotaping is performed by the therapists gluing the top of the tape strip to the base of the target muscle and removing the paper base. In terms of lymphedema treatment, kinesiotaping has many positive effects. Also, the effects of kinesiotaping were investigated to control edema and pain in maxillofacial surgery, such as mandibular fracture, midline facial fracture, and third wisdom tooth extraction. In knee surgery, in order to maintain proprioceptive stimulation in the quadriceps (from the starting point to the grip) and to reduce the tension of the muscles of the back box, the Y-shaped kinesiotrack muscle technique is used