Effect of Foam Rolling on Muscle Mechanical Properties

Hacettepe University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Sports Physical Therapy

Treatments: Other: self-determined; Other: 15 rolls per minute(15RPM); Other: 30 rolls per minute(30RPM)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04210947

Sporcufoamroller

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study evaluates effect of self-myofascial release in different paces on muscle biomechanics. All participants will use foam roller in different paces once in a week with weeks apart.

Full description

Foam-roller is a widely used self-myofascial release method in sports. Although, effects of foam-roller has been shown, there is no defined speed of usage. Using foam-roller in different paces could cause different changes.

Enrollment: 18 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being a professional athlete with at least 2 years of sport history

Exclusion criteria

• Having a chronic-systemic disease
• Having a lower extremity injury

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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18 participants in 6 patient groups

Foam-roller I-II-III

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will use foam roller in following order of 30RPM(I), 15RPM(II) and self-determined(III)

Treatment:

Other: 30 rolls per minute(30RPM)

Other: 15 rolls per minute(15RPM)

Other: self-determined

Foam-roller I-III-II

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will use foam roller in following order of 30RPM(I), self-determined(III) and 15RPM(II)

Treatment:

Other: 30 rolls per minute(30RPM)

Other: 15 rolls per minute(15RPM)

Other: self-determined

Foam-roller II-I-III

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will use foam roller in following order of 15RPM(II), 30RPM(I) and self-determined(III)

Treatment:

Other: 30 rolls per minute(30RPM)

Other: 15 rolls per minute(15RPM)

Other: self-determined

Foam-roller II-III-I

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will use foam roller in following order of 15RPM(II), self-determined(III) and 30RPM(I)

Treatment:

Other: 30 rolls per minute(30RPM)

Other: 15 rolls per minute(15RPM)

Other: self-determined

Foam-roller III-I-II

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will use foam roller in following order of self-determined(III), 30RPM(I) and 15RPM(II)

Treatment:

Other: 30 rolls per minute(30RPM)

Other: 15 rolls per minute(15RPM)

Other: self-determined

Foam-roller III-II-I

Experimental group

Description:

Participants will use foam roller in following order of self-determined(III), 15RPM(II) and 30RPM(I)

Treatment:

Other: 30 rolls per minute(30RPM)

Other: 15 rolls per minute(15RPM)

Other: self-determined