Taping
A white 5 cm wide kinesio tape (Kinesiology tape®, Korea) was applied to the hamstrings using the X-shaped
taping technique (Kase, 1994; Kase et al., 2003; Sijmonsma, 2007). The base of the tape was placed unstreched
with the subject in a neutral body position, just distal to the insertion of the muscle in order to achieve a relaxing
effect. Then, functional strips were applied on the stretched muscle belly, maintaining the original 10% tape pre-
stretching. Afterward, the anchorage was applied without stretching, just proximal to the insertion of muscle in
neutral body position (Sijmonsma, 2007) (Figure I).