https://www.selleckchem.com/EGFR(HER).html Pairwise comparisons inferred that kinesio taping only showed significant improvement of shoulder pain and disability when combined with exercise. However, kinesio taping did not produce better results than placebo or treatment with steroids. The duration of treatment and underlying shoulder pathology did not influence the efficacy of kinesio taping. CONCLUSION There is insufficient evidence to support the use of kinesio taping in clinical practice as a treatment for shoulder pain. However, there is limited evidence of its benefit as a complementary treatment in shoulder pain syndromes. CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER PROSPERO CRD42017065881. OBJECTIVE Early rehabilitation is assumed to be a crucial intervention to facilitate weaning from mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients and to limit their long-term functional dependence. However, little is known about the physiological load imposed on patients during such interventions. Without the ability to quantify the exercise intensity of rehabilitation interventions it is impossible to establish a clear separation between usual care and intervention groups in randomised controlled trials. This may explain the lack of definitive benefit of rehabilitation in published trials. We sought to characterise the physiological load, measured as oxygen consumption (V˙O2), of the physical activities carried out during rehabilitation interventions in mechanically ventilated participants. DESIGN Observational study. SETTING Single centre medical-surgical university hospital ICU. PARTICIPANTS 26 mechanically ventilated participants ventilated >7 days, able to participate in a rehabilitation program. INTERVENTION Oxygen consumption (measured by the Medgraphics Ultima breath-by-breath gas exchange analysis system) and heart rate were measured continuously pre-, during and post-standard rehabilitation sessions. RESULTS 52 sessions were recorded in 26 participants. There was conside