Affiliations: [a] Department of Physical Therapy, College of Rehabilitation Science, Daegu University, Daegu, Korea | [b] Department of Physical Therapy, Inje University Busan Paik Hospital, Busan, Korea | [c] Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Inje University Busan Paik Hospital, Busan, Korea
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Corresponding author: Jung-Hoon Lee, Department of Physical Therapy, Inje University Busan Paik Hospital, 633-165, Gaegum-dong, Busanjin-gu, Busan 614-735, Korea. Tel.: +82 51 890 6032, Fax: +82 51 894 3350; E-mail: dreampt@hanmail.net.
Abstract: Background:Sedentary workers are most prone to work-related musculoskeletal disorders. Objective:We report the case of a female sedentary worker with rounded shoulder posture (RSP) whose dominant upper back pain decreased after correction of her RSP with kinesiology taping. Methods:We applied kinesiology taping around the patient's upper back and shoulder for 1 month (six times per week, each session lasting approximately 16 h) without any other interventions. Results:After kinesiology taping, the RSP decreased progressively and the dominant upper back pain gradually disappeared. The patient no longer complained of dominant upper back pain during desk work. Conclusion:We believe that kinesiology taping may be used to enable recovery from dominant upper back pain in female sedentary workers with RSP.
