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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0301-696X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista de sanidad militar]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. sanid. mil.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0301-696X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional, Dirección General de Sanidad]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0301-696X2018000100040</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Efecto del tratamiento Kinesio taping en el dolor cervical: un metaanálisis y revisión sistemática]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The effect of Kinesio taping treatment on cervical pain: a meta-analysis and systematic review]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Núñez Cabrera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Karla Abril]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Méndez Méndez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Lilia Candelaria]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García Rojas]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Edgar]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Valle de México  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Villahermosa ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Valle de México  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Villahermosa ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>02</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>72</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>40</fpage>
<lpage>46</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0301-696X2018000100040&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0301-696X2018000100040&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0301-696X2018000100040&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Antecedentes  Estudios previos han analizado los beneficios del Kinesio taping (KT) en pacientes con dolor de cuello. Sin embargo, las conclusiones de estas investigaciones han sido inconsistentes. Por lo tanto, este trabajo tuvo como objetivo aclarar la asociación entre los efectos del KT y el dolor de cuello a través de un metaanálisis.  Material y métodos  Se buscaron en las bases de datos PubMed y EBSCO todas las publicaciones sobre esta asociación. Se definieron criterios de inclusión para los estudios elegibles. Se realizaron dos análisis diferentes: 1) la relación entre el tratamiento con KT versus el tratamiento convencional; 2) la relación entre el tratamiento con KT versus el placebo de KT.  Resultados  Se analizaron 10 estudios para el análisis cuantitativo en los que participaron 233 pacientes usando el tratamiento de KT y 198 pacientes controles.  Conclusión  No se encontró asociación significativa del Kinesio taping en pacientes con dolor de cuello en ninguno de los dos subgrupos estudiados.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Background  Previous studies have delved into the benefits of Kinesio taping (KT) in patients with neck pain. However, the conclusions of these researches have been inconsistent. Therefore, this study aimed to clarify the association between the effects of KT and neck pain through a meta-analysis.  Material and methods  The PubMed and EBSCO databases were retrieved to collect all publications regarding this association. Inclusion criteria were defined for the eligible studies. Two different analyses were carried out: 1) the comparison between KT and the conventional treatment; 2) the comparison between KT versus placebo KT.  Results  Ten studies were analyzed for quantitative analysis, involving 233 patients using KT treatment and 198 control patients.  Conclusion  No significant association was found between Kinesio taping in patients with neck pain in neither of the two subgroups studied.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Dolor de cuello]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[grabado de Kinesio taping]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[metaanálisis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[revisión sistemática]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Neck pain]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Kinesio taping]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[meta-analysis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[systematic review]]></kwd>
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