Kinesio taping effect for soccer players on knee joint stability and balance

Object of the study: kinesio taping effect on knee joint stability and balance for soccer players. Aim of the study: to investigate what kind of effect kinesio taping has to stability of the knee joint and balance for soccer players. Objectives: 1. To investigate the dynamics of the soccer players knee joint stability before and after knee joint kinesio taping. 2. To investigate the balance dynamics of soccer players before and after knee joint kinesio taping. Hypothesis of the study: kinesio taping should increase the stability of the knee joint and body equilibrium for soccer players. The methods and organization of the study: The study was done in the personal premises of the study organiser in Kaunas. At the beginning of the study, the balance of the participants’ body was measured using the modified star excursion balance test and the knee joint stability using functional hop tests. After that, the study participants had their knee joint taped by using kinesio taping method and then the body balance ant knee joint stability tests were repeated: for the modified star excursion balance test, the participants had their non-dominative leg knee joint taped and for the functional hop tests the participants had their dominant leg knee joint taped. Conclusions: 1. After examining the dynamic balance of the soccer players’ bodies, using a modified star excursion balance test, the changes in the distance of pushing the indicator in all three ways after the knee joing kinesio taping were found statistically significant (p0,05)