Table 5.
Effects of SMR on speed.
| Study | n | Measurement | Results | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group | M | SD | p | |||
| Barrenetxea-García, 2023 [55] | 30 | 20 m sprint swim test (seconds) | CG | 12.23 | 0.75 | p > 0.05 |
| FR | 12.17 | 0.89 | ||||
| Wang, 2022 [59] | 27 | 2.5 m lateral acceleration test left (seconds) | VFR | 0.94 | 0.098 | p > 0.05 |
| Percussion devices | 1.004 | 0.138 | ||||
| CG | 0.951 | 0.09 | ||||
| 2.5 m lateral acceleration test (seconds) | VFR | 0.896 | 0.1 | |||
| Percussion devices | 0.967 | 0.107 | ||||
| CG | 0.954 | 0.122 | ||||
| Lopez Samanes, 2021 [61] | 11 | 10 m sprints (seconds) | DS pre | 2.22 | 0.11 | p > 0.05 |
| DS post | 2.2 | 0.12 | ||||
| SMR pre | 2.12 | 0.08 | ||||
| SMR post | 2.14 | 0.08 | ||||
| Rahimi, 2020 [62] | 17 | Repeated sprint ability (m) | Passive pre | 740.8 | 52.3 | p > 0.05 |
| Passive post | 727.6 | 65.3 | ||||
| FR pre | 723.5 | 41.9 | ||||
| FR post | 689.6 | 40.8 | ||||
| Stroiney, 2018 [68] | Sprint time—Men (seconds) | SMR pre | 5.4 | 0.47 | p > 0.05 | |
| SMR post | 5.47 | 0.52 | ||||
| Assisted soft tissue mobilisation, pre | 5.1 | 0.42 | ||||
| Assisted soft tissue mobilisation, post | 5.34 | 0.43 | ||||
| Sprint time—Women (seconds) | SMR pre | 5.7 | 0.27 | |||
| SMR post | 6.06 | 0.5 | ||||
| Assisted soft tissue mobilisation, pre | 5.8 | 0.49 | ||||
| Assisted soft tissue mobilisation, post | 5.94 | 0.47 | ||||
| Giovanelli, 2018 [67] | 13 | Running energy cost | CG pre vs. post | Not specified | ||
| FR pre vs. post | +6.2% | 8.3 | p = 0.052 | |||
| D’Amico, 2017 [71] | 16 | Running time (seconds) | Active recovery | 146.9 | 2.2 | p < 0.05 * |
| SMR | 145.2 | 1.8 | ||||
| Rey, 2017 [73] | 18 | 5 m sprints (seconds) | CG pre | 0.98 | 0.03 | p > 0.05 |
| CG post | 1 | 0.05 | ||||
| FR pre | 0.98 | 0.06 | ||||
| FR post | 1 | 0.06 | ||||
| 10 m sprints (seconds) | CG pre | 1.68 | 0.07 | p > 0.05 | ||
| CG post | 1.71 | 0.07 | ||||
| FR pre | 1.71 | 0.09 | ||||
| FR post | 1.72 | 0.05 | ||||
| Peacock, 2014 [78] | 11 | 37 m sprints (seconds) | DYN | 5.11 | 0.29 | p = 0.002 * |
| SMR + DYN | 4.95 | 0.21 | ||||
CG = control group; DS = dynamic stretching; DYN = dynamic warm-up; FR = foam roller; M = mean; p ≤ 0.05 or * = significant; post = post-intervention; pre = pre-intervention; SD = standard deviation; SMR = self-myofascial release; VFR = vibration foam roller.