Effects Of Functional Training And Kinesio Taping In College Students Of Round Shoulder And Forward Head Posture

Objective: Through the use of the 4-week functional training and kinesio taping on the poor posture(round shoulder and forward head),this study was to examine if the combined functional training and kinesio tape intervention would have better effect on posture realignment,shoulder range of motion and hand grip strength compared with single functional training or single kinesio tape group.Method: A total of 39 students with round shoulder and forward head posture problems were recruited and screened from the Capital Institute of Physical Education.They were randomly grouped into functional training + kinesio tape,single functional training and single kinesio tape groups.Both combined functional training and taping group and functional training group were received with the same 4-week functional training for improved posture and shoulder mobility,while the functional training + kinesio tape group was applied the additional kinesio tape immediately after the functional training,and the single kinesio tape group was only received for kinesio tape.The variables of forward head angle(FHA)and forward shoulder angle(FSA),shoulder range of motion and grip strength were measured before and after the 4-week intervention.Two-way(Time × Group)factorial ANOVA with repeated measures were performed to examine if there were interaction effects,main effect of time and group.The alpha was set to 0.05.Results:1.The interaction effect of posture variables(FHA)showed that the FHA was decreased after the three groups intervention(P<0.05),The simple effect indicated that the combined and functional training groups were better than the kinesio tape group(P<0.05);The interaction effect of posture variables(FSA)showed that the FSA was decreased after the combined functional training and the functional training group intervention(P<0.05),but taping group had no intervention effect(P>0.05).2.The interactive effect of shoulder extension range of motion variables showed that the range of motion was increased after the combined functional training and taping intervention(P<0.05),while there was no change in the single functional training and kinesio tape groups(P>0.05);There was no significant difference in the interaction effect of shoulder external rotation(P>0.05).The time effect showed larger shoulder external rotation after intervention(P<0.05);There were no significant interaction effects and main effects of group and time for other shoulder range of motion variables.(P>0.05).3.The interaction effect of grip strength showed larger grip strength in combined group and functional training group than the kinesio tape group(P<0.05).The time effect showed that all of the intervention groups were improved after the intervention(P<0.05).Conclusions:1.Functional training,kinesio tape,and the combination of the two can effectively improve college students’ round shoulder and forward head posture.2.Applying kinesio tape alone was not proved effective to improve the university student of round shoulder posture,but it combined with functional training can effectively improve college students’ round shoulder posture.3.Functional training combined with kinesio tape can effectively improve college students’ range of shoulder extension.kinesio tape should be combined with functional training to achieve better shoulder flexibility.4.Functional training,kinesio tape,and the combination of the two can effectively improve college students’ grip strength.