[The influence of kinesiotaping on lumbar spine pain].

Introduction: Pain in the lumbosacral spine is currently one of the most common pain complaints among the elderly. About 72% of the Polish population younger than 40 years have at least once been treated by a doctor for back pain. Degenerative changes of intervertebral joints, overloads, intervertebral disc diseases, and dysfunction of spinal ligaments are very often responsible for the formation of back pain, which is basically a problem of the elderly,

Material And Methods: The study was conducted among 60 residents of a Nursing Home in Szczecin with chronic lumbar pain.