TY  - JOUR
A1  - Fleckenstein, Johannes
A1  - Wilke, Jan
A1  - Vogt, Lutz
A1  - Banzer, Winfried
T1  - Preventive and regenerative foam rolling are equally effective in reducing
T2  - Journal of sports science & medicine
N2  - Objectives of the study were to compare the effects of a single bout of preventive or regenerative foam rolling (FR) on exercise-induced neuromuscular exhaustion. Single-centre randomised-controlled study was designed. Forty-five healthy adults (22 female; 25±2 yrs) were allocated to three groups: 1) FR of the lower limb muscles prior to induction of fatigue, 2) FR after induction of fatigue, 3) no-treatment control. Neuromuscular exhaustion was provoked using a standardized and validated functional agility short-term fatigue protocol. Main outcome measure was the maximal isometric voluntary force of the knee extensors (MIVF). Secondary outcomes included pain and reactive strength (RSI). Preventive (-16%) and regenerative FR (-12%) resulted in a decreased loss in MIVF compared to control (-21%; p < 0.001) five minutes after exhaustion. Post-hoc tests indicated a large-magnitude, non-significant trend towards regenerative foam rolling to best restore strength (Cohen’s d > 0.8, p < 0.1). Differences over time (p < 0.001) between groups regarding pain and RSI did not turn out to be clinically meaningful. A single bout of foam rolling reduces neuromuscular exhaustion with reference to maximal force production. Regenerative rather than preventive foam rolling seems sufficient to prevent further fatigue.
KW  - Rehabilitation
KW  - self-myofascial release
KW  - manual medicine
KW  - pain therapy
KW  - sports medicine
KW  - neuromuscular fatigue
Y1  - 2017
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/46093
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-460934
SN  - 1303-2968
N1  - This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
VL  - 16
IS  - 4
SP  - 474
EP  - 479
PB  - Department of Sports Medicine, Medical Faculty of Uludag University
CY  - Bursa, Turkey
ER  -