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Background and Aim: Anterior cruciate ligament rupture is a common injury in football, the rate of ACL rupture in football players is from 0.06 to 10 injuries per 1000 hours of play, which is the highest injury rate in professional players. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of kinesiotaping on static and dynamic balance in football players with a high risk of anterior cruciate ligament injury. Methods: 30 male football players with a high risk of anterior cruciate ligament injury with a mean age of 21.76±2.46 years were purposefully selected and randomly assigned to two experimental and control groups. Static balance was assessed with the Stork test and dynamic balance with the Y test in both groups. Then, kinesiotaping was applied to the knee area for the experimental group, and the control group did not receive any intervention, and dynamic and static balance were again assessed in both groups. The normal distribution of data was examined with the Shapiro-Wilk test and the intra-group difference with the paired t-test, and analysis of covariance was used for comparison between groups. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 24 software. Results: The results showed that after applying kinesiotaping, there was a significant difference between the two groups in the variables of static balance (P=0.03) and dynamic balance (P=0.001). Conclusion: Applying kinesiotaping can be effective in reducing the risk of non-collision injury in people with a high risk of anterior cruciate ligament injury by improving static and dynamic balance. Please cite this article as: Sharifi N, Mohammad Ali Nasab Firouzjah E. The Effect of Kinesiotape on Static and Dynamic Balance in Soccer Players with High Risk of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury. Irtiqa Imini Pishgiri Masdumiyat .2024; 12(1): 60-71.