Biology of Sport
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2/2024
vol. 41
 
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Comparison of acute and prolonged effects of short-term foam rolling and vibration foam rolling on the properties of knee extensors

Kazuki Kasahara
1
,
Andreas Konrad
2
,
Riku Yoshida
1
,
Yuta Murakami
1
,
Shigeru Sato
1
,
Ryoma Koizumi
3
,
Ewan Thomas
4
,
David G Behm
5
,
Masatoshi Nakamura
6

  1. Institute for Human Movement and Medical Sciences, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata, Japan
  2. Institute of Human Movement Science, Sport and Health, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
  3. Department of Physical Therapy, Niigata University of Health and Welfare, Niigata, Japan
  4. Sport and Exercise Sciences Research Unit, Department of Psychology, Educational Science and Human Movement, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
  5. School of Human Kinetics and Recreation, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
  6. Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, Nishi Kyushu University, 4490-9 Ozaki, Kanzaki, Saga, 842-8585, Japan
Biol Sport. 2024;41(2):19–26
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/biolsport.2024.129488
Online publish date: 2023/09/21
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Recently, Foam Rolling (FR) and Vibration Foam Rolling (VFR) have attracted attention in sports and rehabilitation fields. Previous studies have shown that FR and VFR acute interventions effectively increase the range of movement (ROM) and decrease tissue hardness. For application to sports and rehabilitation, it is necessary to compare the acute and prolonged effects of short duration FR and VFR. Therefore, this study aimed to compare and investigate the acute and prolonged (15 minutes) effects of short duration (30-s) FR and VFR interventions on knee extensors. The subjects were 14 male university students (22.4±1.0 years old), in which the knee extensors of the dominant leg were tested. In a cross over trial, 30-s of FR or VFR were performed with 2-s rolling of the anterior thigh (15 rolls). The frequency of VFR was 35 Hz. Measurements included knee flexion ROM, pain pressure threshold (PPT), tissue hardness, and countermovement jump height. The results of this study showed no interaction effects for all variables, but main time effects were observed for knee flexion ROM, PPT, and tissue hardness. Post-hoc tests showed that knee flexion ROM increased up to 10 minutes after the intervention. PPT significantly increased, and tissue hardness significantly decreased up to 15 minutes after intervention. This study showed that 30-s FR and VFR interventions effectively increased ROM, PPT, and decreased tissue hardness. The effects were prolonged up to 10–15 minutes after the intervention. The results of this study show no advantage of VFR over FR with acute short-term interventions.
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range of motion, countermovement jump, warm-up, tissue hardness, pain pressure threshold

  
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