Kazuki Kasahara, Andreas Konrad, Riku Yoshida, Yuta Murakami, Ryoma Koizumi, Ewan Thomas, David G Behm, Masatoshi Nakamura
Foam rolling (FR) intervention has recently attracted attention in sports and rehabilitation settings. However, the effects of FR using different rolling durations have not been fully clarified. Thus, this study focused on FR durations and examined the acute and prolonged (i.e., 20-min; 40-min, 60-min) effects of different FR intervention durations on maximal voluntary concentric contractions (MVC-CON), knee flexion range of motion (ROM), pain pressure threshold (PPT), and tissue hardness. The participants were 10 male university students (22...
March 2024: Biology of Sport