Purpose: Understand the effectiveness of foam rolling as a recovery tool following exercise
induced muscle damage (EIMD), analyzing: muscle soreness, dynamic and passive range …

Mechanical stimulation (mechanotherapy) can promote skeletal muscle repair, but a lack of
reproducible protocols and mechanistic understanding of the relation between mechanical …

Satellite cells are tissue resident muscle stem cells required for postnatal skeletal muscle
growth and repair through replacement of damaged myofibers. Muscle regeneration is …

Most chronic diseases, caused by lifestyle factors, appear to be linked to inflammation.
Inflammation is activated mechanistically, and nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) is a significant …

Context: After an intense bout of exercise, foam rolling is thought to alleviate muscle fatigue
and soreness (ie, delayed-onset muscle soreness [DOMS]) and improve muscular …

The use of self myofascial release (SMR) via a foam roller or roller massager is becoming
increasingly popular both to aid recovery from exercise and prevent injury. Our objective …

Myofascial pain syndrome is an important health problem. It affects a majority of the general
population, impairs mobility, causes pain, and reduces the overall sense of well‐being …

This article reviews the mechanism and effects of instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization
(IASTM), along with guidelines for its practical application. IASTM refers to a technique that …

Background Post-exercise massage is one of the most frequently applied interventions to
enhance recovery of athletes. However, evidence to support the efficacy of massage for …

Muscular dystrophies such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) are usually
approached as dysfunctions of the affected skeletal myofibres and their force transmission …