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Foam Rolling of the Calf and Anterior Thigh: Biomechanical Loads and Acute Effects on Vertical Jump Height and Muscle Stiffness
When considering the scientific lack concerning the execution and acute effects and mechanism of foam rolling (FR), this study has evaluated the biomechanical loads by the force-time characteristics during two popular FR exercises. Additionally, the acute effects of FR on jump height and muscular st...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6359537/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30669477 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sports7010027 |
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author | Baumgart, Christian Freiwald, Jürgen Kühnemann, Matthias Hotfiel, Thilo Hüttel, Moritz Hoppe, Matthias Wilhelm |
author_facet | Baumgart, Christian Freiwald, Jürgen Kühnemann, Matthias Hotfiel, Thilo Hüttel, Moritz Hoppe, Matthias Wilhelm |
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description | When considering the scientific lack concerning the execution and acute effects and mechanism of foam rolling (FR), this study has evaluated the biomechanical loads by the force-time characteristics during two popular FR exercises. Additionally, the acute effects of FR on jump height and muscular stiffness were simultaneously assessed. Within a randomized cross-over design, 20 males (26.6 ± 2.7 years; 181.6 ± 6.8 cm; 80.4 ± 9.1 kg) were tested on different days pre, post, and 15 and 30 min after three interventions. The interventions consisted of a FR procedure for the calf and anterior thigh of both legs, 10 min ergometer cycling, and resting as a control. Stiffness was measured via mechanomyography at the thigh, calf, and ankle. The vertical ground reaction forces were measured under the roller device during FR as well as to estimate jump height. Within the FR exercises, the forces decreased from the proximal to distal position, and were in mean 34 and 32% of body weight for the calves and thighs, respectively. Importantly, with 51 to 55%, the maxima of the individual mean forces were considerably higher. Jump height did not change after FR, but increased after cycling. Moreover, stiffness of the thigh decreased after FR and increased after cycling. |
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spelling | pubmed-63595372019-02-11 Foam Rolling of the Calf and Anterior Thigh: Biomechanical Loads and Acute Effects on Vertical Jump Height and Muscle Stiffness Baumgart, Christian Freiwald, Jürgen Kühnemann, Matthias Hotfiel, Thilo Hüttel, Moritz Hoppe, Matthias Wilhelm Sports (Basel) Article When considering the scientific lack concerning the execution and acute effects and mechanism of foam rolling (FR), this study has evaluated the biomechanical loads by the force-time characteristics during two popular FR exercises. Additionally, the acute effects of FR on jump height and muscular stiffness were simultaneously assessed. Within a randomized cross-over design, 20 males (26.6 ± 2.7 years; 181.6 ± 6.8 cm; 80.4 ± 9.1 kg) were tested on different days pre, post, and 15 and 30 min after three interventions. The interventions consisted of a FR procedure for the calf and anterior thigh of both legs, 10 min ergometer cycling, and resting as a control. Stiffness was measured via mechanomyography at the thigh, calf, and ankle. The vertical ground reaction forces were measured under the roller device during FR as well as to estimate jump height. Within the FR exercises, the forces decreased from the proximal to distal position, and were in mean 34 and 32% of body weight for the calves and thighs, respectively. Importantly, with 51 to 55%, the maxima of the individual mean forces were considerably higher. Jump height did not change after FR, but increased after cycling. Moreover, stiffness of the thigh decreased after FR and increased after cycling. MDPI 2019-01-19 /pmc/articles/PMC6359537/ /pubmed/30669477 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sports7010027 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Baumgart, Christian Freiwald, Jürgen Kühnemann, Matthias Hotfiel, Thilo Hüttel, Moritz Hoppe, Matthias Wilhelm Foam Rolling of the Calf and Anterior Thigh: Biomechanical Loads and Acute Effects on Vertical Jump Height and Muscle Stiffness |
title | Foam Rolling of the Calf and Anterior Thigh: Biomechanical Loads and Acute Effects on Vertical Jump Height and Muscle Stiffness |
title_full | Foam Rolling of the Calf and Anterior Thigh: Biomechanical Loads and Acute Effects on Vertical Jump Height and Muscle Stiffness |
title_fullStr | Foam Rolling of the Calf and Anterior Thigh: Biomechanical Loads and Acute Effects on Vertical Jump Height and Muscle Stiffness |
title_full_unstemmed | Foam Rolling of the Calf and Anterior Thigh: Biomechanical Loads and Acute Effects on Vertical Jump Height and Muscle Stiffness |
title_short | Foam Rolling of the Calf and Anterior Thigh: Biomechanical Loads and Acute Effects on Vertical Jump Height and Muscle Stiffness |
title_sort | foam rolling of the calf and anterior thigh: biomechanical loads and acute effects on vertical jump height and muscle stiffness |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6359537/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30669477 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/sports7010027 |
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