Comparison of Effects between Dynamic Taping and Rigid Taping in Symptomatic Volleyball Players with Shoulder Anterior Instability

The dynamic taping group (5cm, Dynamic Tape Eco® ): a single session of dynamic taping by a physiotherapist. First, patients will be asked to relax their forearm on a table with slight shoulder flexion and abduction, keep the scapula in an upward rotated and posteriorly tilted position. The middle 10cm of the first tape will be used as the anchor and it will be placed on the distal 1/3 humerus. The posterior part of the tape will be spiral to the medial side and go straight up along the humerus, cover the anterior side of the glenohumeral joint, then go to the back, follow the direction of lower trapezius muscle fiber and finish at the area of T10-T12. Patients will be asked to keep the scapula in the same position then flex the shoulder to 90 degrees. The anterior part of the tape will be spiral up along the humerus and cover the anterior side of the glenohumeral joint, then finish in the pectoral area. Before the physiotherapist applies the second and the third tapes, patients will be asked to go back to the starting position, the second tape will start on anterior deltoid, then go up posteriorly and cover the AC joint, finish in the cervicothoracic junction. The third tape will start on posterior deltoid, then go up anteriorly and cover the AC joint, finish on the medial third of the clavicle. The taping will be taken off after the post-test. Two taping conditions will occur on the same day and there will be a 15-minutes interval between two conditions.