Foam Rolling in Team Sports

Authors : Şebnem Şarvan Cengiz, Buse Delen, Hayal Örcütaş

Pages : 34-55

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Publication Date : 2023-03-20

Article Type : Other

Abstract :In the main part of the training, different protocols are used for the warm-up sessions for the basic biomotor characteristics that are desired to be exercised (Lee et al., 2018). The person transfers his/her body weight onto the foam roller (FR) to loosen the different parts of the soft tissue and prevent restrictions. FR is known to help improve muscle length-tension relationships and provide a better warm-up (Healey et al., 2013). Within the scope of our research, ‘’PubMed, GoogleScholar, Web of Science, Scopus, YökTez, and Elsevier’’ databases were used. By including the studies done in the last five years in our research, 5 different keywords were used for national and international databases in the literature review. Studies were examined using the keywords ‘’self-myofascial release, range of motion, team sports, dynamic stretching, massage’’. In our research, as a result of the literature review, four team sports were categorized as ‘’volleyball, football, handball, and basketball’’. The aim of this review is the studies conducted between 2017-2022. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of FR applications on performance parameters in team sports. As a result, it was determined that the application of FR in addition to the warm-up session affected various performance parameters, increased the range of motion in the upper and lower extremity muscles, and positively affected the sportive performance at this point.
Keywords : Foamroller (FR), Myofasiyal Gevşetme Teknikleri, Esneklik, Eklem Hareket Açıklığı, Takım Sporları