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Influence on ankle taping on dynamic balance performance
This research aimed to investigate the effect of ankle taping on dynamic balance
performance. Eighteen recreational athletes without any previous ankle sprain history
performed six star excursion balance tests on each leg; randomly three trials with taped
ankles and three trials without. A three-layer modified closed-basket inelastic taping
technique was used. Normalised (by leg length) reaching distance was measured. It was found 1.Movement direction significantly influenced normalised reaching distance
(p<0.01); 2.No significant difference in performance between taped and un-taped
conditions (p>0.05). Ankle taping did not affect dynamic balance performance therefore
taping could be used without risk of negative impact on balance, and protect from ankle
sprain for sportspersons