Background and aims: Determine the effectiveness of the kinesiotherapy, and possibility of using kinesiotaping in neurological patients with myofascial pain syndrome.
Methods: The study involved 72 patients with myofascial facial pain syndrome. Patients were divided into two groups: group number one received kinesiotaping method and pharmacological treatment (35 patients) and group number two received pharmacological and physiotherapy (37 patients). The following research methods were applied: clinical neurological examination and musculoskeletal testing. The pain syndrome was assessed using a visually analog scale (VAS). Volume and symmetry of lower jaw movement and symmetry of face borders regions were assessed by method of visual-optical analysis (VOA). The area of face asymmetry was measured. The kinesiotaping method was used for muscular imbalance correction.
Results. The dynamics of pain syndrome, according to the VAS, initially was 7,4±1,2. After the treatment: in the first group on day 3 it was 5,3±1,4, on day 10 – 3,2±1,1, in the second group on day 3 it was 6,8±1,2, on day 10 – 5,4±1,3.
The dynamics of increase in the volume of lower jaw movement on the 10th day of treatment: in the first group, the volume increased by 37,1%; in the second group – by 16,2%. Restoration of the symmetry of mouth opening (deviation from the central axis): in the experimental group it was 25.7%, and 10.8% in the control group. The flat palpation revealed that the number of active trigger points significantly decreased in the first group (p≤0,05). 
Conclusions. According to the results of the study, the high efficiency of the kinesiotherapy procedure was revealed for myofascial facial pain. Kinesiotaping can be used as a method for correction and rehabilitation of craniomandibular painful dysfunction.

KINESIOTAPING IN RECOVERING OF THE MOVEMENT PATTERNS IN PATIENTS WITH MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROME IN THE CRANIOMANDIBULAR REGION