Konstantin Warneke, José Carlos Aragão-Santos, Shahab Alizadeh, Mahdi Bahrami, Saman Hadjizadeh Anvar, Andreas Konrad, David G Behm
Over the last decade, acute increases in range of motion (ROM) in response to foam rolling (FR) have been frequently reported. Compared to stretching, FR-induced ROM increases were not typically accompanied by a performance (e.g., force, power, endurance) deficit. Consequently, the inclusion of FR in warm-up routines was frequently recommended, especially since literature pointed out non-local ROM increases after FR. However, to attribute ROM increases to FR it must be ensured that such adaptations do not occur as a result of simple warm-up effects, as significant increases in ROM can also be assumed as a result of active warm-up routines...
June 2023: Journal of Sports Science & Medicine