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This study is aimed to the basic data on the optimal taping application time for general public and athletes who requires weight training by examining the changes in isokinetic shoulder joint muscle functions (muscular strength & endurance) and maximum manifestation time after functional taping on shoulder joints for middle school wrestling athletes. The subjects for this study were 10 middle school wrestling athletes with more than 3-year career from Wrestling Athlete Association in I metropolitan city. The measures on isokinetic muscular functions were submitted to SPSS 12.0 program (SPSS Inc. Chicago, IL, USA) for the analysis of taping effectiveness. In order to test the difference in muscular strength and endurance before and after joint taping, this study adopted the paired t-test at p<.05. The results are as follows: First, the results from the comparisons of isokinetoc muscular strength (60°/sec) showed that there was slight increase in all of maximum extensor muscular strength, maximum extensor muscular strength per body weight, average extensor muscular power, maximum flexor muscular strength, maximum flexor muscular strength per body weight, average flexor muscular power and ipsilateral muscular strength after taping. However, there were no significant differences. Second, the results from the comparison of isokinetic muscular strength (180°/sec) showed that there was significant increase in the maximum extensor muscular strength, maximum extensor muscular strength per body weight, maximum flexor muscular strength, average flexor power after taping. However, there was no significant difference in average extensor power. These results suggest that shoulder taping treatment has an impact on the enhancement of isokinetic muscular functions of the wrestling athletes who frequently use shoulder and upper body. These results imply that more systematic study with various targets and variables is required to examine the taping treatment to prevent injury and relapse on shoulder joint muscle and its strength.