Objective To evaluate the effect of different kinesio taping(KT)patches on the improvement of upper limb function and activities of daily living in patients with stroke by using a reticulated Meta-analysis.Methods PubMed,Web of Science,Cochrane Library,EMbase,China Knowledge,Wanfang,and VIP databases were searched for randomised controlled trials on the effect of KT on improving the functional status of the upper limbs or the ability to perform activities of daily living in patients with stroke,using a computer,with a timeframe ranging from 2000 January to 2024 March.Twenty-six articles were included,accounting for a total of 1037 patients.Literature was screened individually,evaluated for quality,and identified for inclusion using RevMan 5.4 and Stata 17.0 software for reticulation Meta-analysis.Results Meta-analysis showed that the effect of different KT patches improved upper limb function in stroke patients:I+X+claw＞I+Y＞I+X+Y＞X+claw＞claw+Y＞I+claw＞X+Y+claw＞I+X＞Y+T＞I+I＞control.Order of the efficacy of different KT patch types on improving the daily life ability of stroke patients:I+X+claw＞X+claw＞I+X＞I+X+Y＞Y+T＞I+Y＞X+Y+claw＞I+claw＞I+I＞control.The improvement effect of different ligation maintenance time ranked:24-48h＞over 72h＞49-72h.Conclusion With the combination of I+X+claw muscle KT,the best maintenance time of a single patch was 24-48h,which had the best improvement effect on the upper limb function and daily living ability of stroke patients.

Objective To evaluate the effect of different kinesio taping(KT)patches on the improvement of upper limb function and activities of daily living in patients with stroke by using a reticulated Meta-analysis.Methods PubMed,Web of Science,Cochrane Library,EMbase,China Knowledge,Wanfang,and VIP databases were searched for randomised controlled trials on the effect of KT on improving the functional status of the upper limbs or the ability to perform activities of daily living in patients with stroke,using a computer,with a timeframe ranging from 2000 January to 2024 March.Twenty-six articles were included,accounting for a total of 1037 patients.Literature was screened individually,evaluated for quality,and identified for inclusion using RevMan 5.4 and Stata 17.0 software for reticulation Meta-analysis.Results Meta-analysis showed that the effect of different KT patches improved upper limb function in stroke patients:I+X+claw＞I+Y＞I+X+Y＞X+claw＞claw+Y＞I+claw＞X+Y+claw＞I+X＞Y+T＞I+I＞control.Order of the efficacy of different KT patch types on improving the daily life ability of stroke patients:I+X+claw＞X+claw＞I+X＞I+X+Y＞Y+T＞I+Y＞X+Y+claw＞I+claw＞I+I＞control.The improvement effect of different ligation maintenance time ranked:24-48h＞over 72h＞49-72h.Conclusion With the combination of I+X+claw muscle KT,the best maintenance time of a single patch was 24-48h,which had the best improvement effect on the upper limb function and daily living ability of stroke patients.