PURPOSE: To evaluate the effects of kinesio taping on blood lactate and jumping performance after a fatigue protocol using the Wingate test in elite male volleyball athletes. METHODS: Eleven elite male volleyball athletes (21.64±1.5 years, 187.64±8.07 cm, 80.01±8.83 kg, 12.66±2.08% fat) participated in the study. Subjects were randomly assigned to either an experimental group (with kinesio tape; KT) or a control group (without kinesio tape; CON). Two conditions of with and without taping measures were performed by one week interval. All subjects performed 30-second countermovement jump (CMJ) test after a fatigue protocol using the Wingate test (30 seconds). Evaluations of blood lactate level occurred at six time-points: baseline; immediately after Wingate test; pre-and post-CMJ; and 5-and 10-minute recovery. RESULTS: Two-way repeated measure ANOVA with Bonferroni correction as a post-hoc and a paired t-test were conducted to identify differences between the KT and the CON group. CMJ maximum height (p=.005), CMJ average height (p=.013), and CMJ total work (p=.014) significantly improved following KT application compared to non KT condition, but KT caused no significant effect on CMJ repetition number (p>.05). Within-group analyses revealed a significant effect of time on the blood lactate level after the Wingate test (p<.001), but no significant group (p=.57) or interaction (p=.78) effect. CONCLUSIONS: The application of KT significantly improved jumping performance after a fatigue protocol using the Wingate test even when CMJ repetition number remained about constant.
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