NCT04367532

Foam Rolling and Tissue Flossing of the Cuff Muscles

Foam Rolling and Tissue Flossing of the Cuff Muscles: Acute Effect on Jump Height, Sprint Performance and Achilles Tendon Stiffness

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (actual)
• Sponsor: Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 20 Years – 25 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The hypothesis is that self-myofascial release (SMR) intervention on the cuff muscles would affect positively sprint performance and jump height, as well as, decrease Achilles tendon stiffness. The second hypothesis is that tissue flossing would be more effective than foam rolling. The participants will be randomly assigned to foam rolling, tissue flossing, and control group (without any intervention). After the intervention, repeated measures will be performed (15m sprint, countermovement jump (CMJ) and Achilles tendon stiffness). This will aim to improve sprint time, jump height and decrease tendon stiffness.

Detailed description

Foam rolling provides beneficial results in ankle range of motion, muscle flexibility or muscle sourness. Tissue flossing is popular in athletic training and physical therapy, as an effective strategy for ankle range of motion or performance. However, there is a lack of knowledge about the use of foam rolling and tissue flossing during a 60 minutes post-intervention examination on the performance and soft tissue stiffness. The main aim of this study is to investigate the effect of foam rolling and tissue flossing of the cuff on sprint performance, jump height and Achilles tendon stiffness at different time points. The second aim is to assess the effectiveness of those self-myofascial release methods (SMR). This study will include healthy, recreational active subjects aged between 20 and 25 years old.

Conditions

• Ankle Injuries
• Ankle Sprains

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Foam rolling	Foam rolling performed on cuff muscles in 3 sets of 30 seconds per each muscle part in duration with a 15-second rest between sets. The first sets on the central part of the cuff muscles, the second on the medial and third on the lateral side of the cuff.
OTHER	Tissue flossing	A standard cuff muscle bandaging technique on cuff muscle. After the application, each participant is asked to perform a 2 min ankle-exercise program.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-09-07
• Primary completion: 2020-10-09
• Completion: 2020-10-16
• First posted: 2020-04-29
• Last updated: 2020-11-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Poland