An acute session of roller massage prolongs voluntary torque development and diminishes evoked pain

MT Cavanaugh, A Döweling, JD Young… - European Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
… during the heavy rolling and the intensity of massage would be … strokes of rolling massage
with the same pace of rolling as … included peak twitch torque, time to peak twitch torque, twitch …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of Roller Massage and Static Stretching on Thigh Muscles

ÖB Gözübüyük, CA Yücesoy - Spor Hekimliği Dergisi, 2019 - journalofsportsmedicine.org
… at the joint), average torque (the average of torque exerted for 5 seconds, an … development)
contractile properties and conducted dynamic performance tests with and without foam rolling

Roller massage decreases spinal excitability to the soleus

JD Young, AJ Spence… - Journal of Applied …, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
… that the benefits of foam rolling and roller massage are primarily accrued through neural …
response to roller massage interventions. We provide strong evidence of roller massage-…

Higher quadriceps roller massage forces do not amplify range-of-motion increases nor impair strength and jump performance

L Grabow, JD Young, LR Alcock… - The Journal of …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Roller massage can be efficiently used … -massage therapy, and neuromuscular rolling are
terms that describe the use of a tool to massage muscles and connective tissues with a rolling

[HTML][HTML] Rollermassager application to the hamstrings increases sit‐and‐reach range of motion within five to ten seconds without performance impairments

KM Sullivan, DBJ Silvey, DC Button… - International journal of …, 2013 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… The rollermassager was developed as a portable tool for “myofascial release and deep …
Massage negatively affected isokinetic torque, which was attributed to possible increases in …

Roller massage: difference in knee joint range of motion and pain perception among experienced and nonexperienced individuals after following a prescribed …

SW Cheatham, KR Stull - Journal of Sport …, 2020 - journals.humankinetics.com
… RM program with a foam roller on knee passive range of motion (… Roller massage (RM) with
a foam roller has become a … for rehabilitation professionals to develop evidence-based RM …

[HTML][HTML] Roller massager improves range of motion of plantar flexor muscles without subsequent decreases in force parameters

I Halperin, SJ Aboodarda, DC Button… - … journal of sports …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… Another alternative, which has been growing in popularity, is self massage (SM) with either
a foam roller or a roller massager.12 The individual uses the foam roller or roller massager to …

[HTML][HTML] Sex differences in the mechanical and neurophysiological response to roller massage of the plantar flexors

M Nakamura, A Konrad, K Ryosuke, S Sato… - Journal of Sports …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Roller massage may increase ROM independently of sex, which, in the present study, could
… ROM) and passive torque at DF ROM after roller massage in both male (A) and female (B). …

A single session with a roller massager improves hamstring flexibility in healthy athletes: a randomized placebo-controlled crossover study

A Folli, F Ghirlanda, C Cescon, A Schneebeli… - Sport Sciences for …, 2021 - Springer
development of specific devices aiming to enhance muscular performance and flexibility,
among which the roller massager (“… with a wavy surface that therapists roll on the patients’ body …

Roller massage: a descriptive survey of allied health professionals

SW Cheatham - Journal of sport rehabilitation, 2019 - journals.humankinetics.com
… One common intervention prescribed is roller massage (RM) or self-myofascial release. The
… percentage use a foam roller in their practice (81%), recommend a full-size foam roller (49%)…