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May 27, 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

MAMohd AsifGalgotias University MSMohammad SidiqGalgotias University JSJyoti SharmaGalgotias University

Key Points

The aim is to determine the effects of dynamic taping and tissue flossing combined with resistance-band training on key performance metrics in young football players.
Three-arm, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial with 81 male footballers aged 14–18 years.
Participants are block-randomized into three groups: dynamic taping with resistance bands, tissue flossing with resistance bands, or resistance-band training alone.
The intervention occurs over 4 weeks, with sessions delivered three times per week by certified sports physiotherapists.
Primary outcome will assess the change in Y-Balance Test scores after 4 weeks.
Secondary outcomes include improvements in jump height, agility measured by the T-test, sprint times, and strength in squat and dead-lift exercises.
The trial is designed to detect a 6-point difference in the Y-Balance composite score.

Abstract

ABSTRACT 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)

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