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Thu, 07 May
|WA 4pm, SA 5.30pm, AEST 6pm, NZ 8pm
Taping Journal Club Inaugural Meeting
A pilot RCT comparing kinesio-tape and auricular pressure in period paid showed promising results, but how useful are they clinically? A reading guide will be uploaded a couple of weeks before the meeting. Access the full text using the link in the meeting description.
Date & Timezones
07 May 2026, 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm NZST
WA 4pm, SA 5.30pm, AEST 6pm, NZ 8pm
Therapists
Goolge Meet Instructions
Kinesio Taping vs. Auricular Acupressure for the Personalised Treatment of Primary Dysmenorrhoea: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Personalized Medicine, 11(8), 809
Mejías-Gil, E., Garrido-Ardila, E. M., Montanero-Fernández, J., Jiménez-Palomares, M., Rodríguez-Mansilla, J., & González López-Arza, M. V. (2021).
Abstract
Background: Dysmenorrhoea is the medical term for menstrual pain. The World Health Organization estimates that up to 81% of women of childbearing age are affected by this condition, and it is one of the leading causes of absenteeism from work and school among women. Although there are pharmacological treatments available for menstrual-pain relief, they do not respond to all women’s needs. Therefore, there is a need to study and develop non-pharmacological alternatives to broaden the individualised treatment options for dysmenorrhea. There are scarce studies published on non-pharmacological treatments, such as kinesio tape and auricular acupressure for the relief of menstrual pain, but the scientific evidence available suggest that these…