NCT04718363

Effects of Foam Rolling Prior to PNF Stretching on Hamstring Flexibility and Thigh Skin Temperature in Healthy Subjects

Effects of Foam Roller Application Prior to Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Stretching on Hamstring Flexibility and Thigh Skin Temperature in Healthy Subjects

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 48 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Dokuz Eylul University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

There is no study investigating the hamstring flexibility and skin temperature after combined warm-up techniques especially PNF and foam rolling. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of foam roller application prior to proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching on hamstring flexibility and thigh skin temperature in healthy subjects.Secondly, it is aimed to compare the effects between non-vibration foam rolling and vibration foam rolling on measured parameters.

Detailed description

In this study forty-eight subjects will be voluntarily recruited into the study according to inclusion criteria. Participants will be randomly assigned to Vibration Foam Rolling + PNF stretching, Non-Vibration Foam Rolling + PNF stretching, only PNF stretching and control group. Subjects will be evaluated before, immediately after and 30 minutes after intervention. Hamstring flexibility will be evaluated with Active Knee Extension Angle (AKEA) Test and functionally Sit and Reach test. Thigh skin temperature will be evaluated with thermographic imaging.

Conditions

• Healthy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	PNF stretching	A contract-relax PNF stretching technique will be applied to hamstring muscle.
OTHER	Non-vibration foam rolling prior to PNF stretching	Prior to PNF stretching, participant will perform unilateral hamstring non-vibration foam rolling.
OTHER	Vibration foam rolling prior to PNF stretching	Prior to PNF stretching, participant will perform unilateral hamstring vibration foam rolling (48 Hz).

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-01-27
• Primary completion: 2021-09-15
• Completion: 2021-09-15
• First posted: 2021-01-22
• Last updated: 2021-02-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)