Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy · 2026
Comparative Efficacy of Dynamic Taping and Tissue Flossing Combined With Resistance Band Training on Dynamic Balance, Jump Performance, Agility, Sprint Velocity, and Lower Limb Strength in Young Football Players: A Randomized Controlled Trial Protocol.
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Asif Mohd, Sidiq Mohammad, Sharma Jyoti
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BACKGROUND: Football is a physiologically demanding sport that places large biomechanical loads on the lower limbs, predisposing adolescent players to knee and ankle injuries. Agility, dynamic balance and lower-extremity strength are therefore central to both performance and injury prevention. Emerging adjuncts such as dynamic taping and tissue flossing, combined with neuromuscular resistance-band training, have shown promise for enhancing performance metrics and lowering injury risk.
METHODS: This will be a three-arm, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial adhering to CONSORT 2025 and SPIRIT 2013 guidelines. Eighty-one male footballers aged 14-18 years (BMI 18.5-24.9 kg m-2, ≥ 1-year competitive experience, no lower-limb injury in the preceding 6 months) will be recruited from Delhi-NCR academies. Participants will be block-randomized (block size 7) in a 1:1:1 ratio to (A) dynamic taping plus resistance-band training, (B) tissue flossing plus resistance-band training, or (C) resistance-band training only. The 4-week intervention will be delivered three times per week (≈35 min session-1) by certified sports physiotherapists.
PRIMARY OUTCOME: change in the Y-Balance Test composite score at 4 weeks.
SECONDARY OUTCOMES: counter-movement jump height, T-test agility, 40-m sprint time, and 1-RM squat and dead-lift. Sample size was computed with G*Power 3.1.9.7 for repeated-measures ANOVA (effect size 0.25, α 0.05, power 0.80, 3 groups, 4 measurements, 20% attrition), yielding 81 participants.
DISCUSSION: Results will clarify the relative benefits of adding dynamic taping or tissue flossing to standard resistance-band training in youth football. Findings will inform evidence-based non-invasive conditioning and rehabilitation strategies for physiotherapists and coaches.
CONCLUSIONS: This will be the first three-arm, parallel-group RCT to quantify the isolated and additive effects of dynamic taping and tissue flossing when super-imposed on a standardized, youth-specific resistance-band program. The trial is powered to detect a 6-point between-group difference in the Y-Balance composite score (MCID = 5.5) and is prospectively registered with an openly available SAP. In case either adjunct is better, clinicians can immediately have an inexpensive tool to boost balance, sprint capacity and lower-limb strength in adolescent footballers, hence decreasing injury burden. To confirm long-term stability, involve female participants, and incorporate mechanistic functions (e.g., EMG, motion-capture) to elucidate neuro-muscular pathways, longer-term multi-center trials are needed.
TRIAL REGISTRATION: Clinical Trial Registry of India CTRI/2025/02/079841 (registered 09 September 2024).
METHODS: This will be a three-arm, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial adhering to CONSORT 2025 and SPIRIT 2013 guidelines. Eighty-one male footballers aged 14-18 years (BMI 18.5-24.9 kg m-2, ≥ 1-year competitive experience, no lower-limb injury in the preceding 6 months) will be recruited from Delhi-NCR academies. Participants will be block-randomized (block size 7) in a 1:1:1 ratio to (A) dynamic taping plus resistance-band training, (B) tissue flossing plus resistance-band training, or (C) resistance-band training only. The 4-week intervention will be delivered three times per week (≈35 min session-1) by certified sports physiotherapists.
PRIMARY OUTCOME: change in the Y-Balance Test composite score at 4 weeks.
SECONDARY OUTCOMES: counter-movement jump height, T-test agility, 40-m sprint time, and 1-RM squat and dead-lift. Sample size was computed with G*Power 3.1.9.7 for repeated-measures ANOVA (effect size 0.25, α 0.05, power 0.80, 3 groups, 4 measurements, 20% attrition), yielding 81 participants.
DISCUSSION: Results will clarify the relative benefits of adding dynamic taping or tissue flossing to standard resistance-band training in youth football. Findings will inform evidence-based non-invasive conditioning and rehabilitation strategies for physiotherapists and coaches.
CONCLUSIONS: This will be the first three-arm, parallel-group RCT to quantify the isolated and additive effects of dynamic taping and tissue flossing when super-imposed on a standardized, youth-specific resistance-band program. The trial is powered to detect a 6-point between-group difference in the Y-Balance composite score (MCID = 5.5) and is prospectively registered with an openly available SAP. In case either adjunct is better, clinicians can immediately have an inexpensive tool to boost balance, sprint capacity and lower-limb strength in adolescent footballers, hence decreasing injury burden. To confirm long-term stability, involve female participants, and incorporate mechanistic functions (e.g., EMG, motion-capture) to elucidate neuro-muscular pathways, longer-term multi-center trials are needed.
TRIAL REGISTRATION: Clinical Trial Registry of India CTRI/2025/02/079841 (registered 09 September 2024).