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Table 6.

Effects of SMR on athletes’ agility.

Study	n	Measurement	Results
Study	n	Measurement	Group	M	SD	p
Wang, 2022 [59]	27	Hexagon test (seconds)	VFR	10.73	0.4	p = 0.03 *
			Percussion devices	11.02	0.45
			CG	11.39	0.73
Chen, 2021 [60]	15	Frequency speed of kick test	GW	105.1	7.7	p = 0.33
		Frequency speed of kick test	GW + VFR	109.5	9.9	p = 0.33
		Hexagon test (seconds)	GW	12.8	1.6	p = 0.03 *
		Hexagon test (seconds)	GW + VFR	11.6	1	p = 0.03 *
		5-0-5 test (seconds)	GW	2.6	0.2	p = 0.37
		5-0-5 test (seconds)	GW + VFR	2.6	0.2	p = 0.37
Lopez Samanes, 2021 [61]	11	5-0-5 test (seconds)	DS pre	2.86	0.14	p > 0.05
			DS post	2.79	0.13
			SMR pre	2.75	0.18
			SMR post	2.76	0.13
Rahimi, 2020 [62]	17	Pro-agility 5-10-5 test (seconds)	Passive pre	5.2	0.3	p > 0.05
			Passive post	5.4	0.3
			FR pre	5.1	0.3
			FR post	5.2	0.3
Richman, 2018 [69]	14	Short sprint (seconds)	Light walk + DS	2.05	0.17	p = 0.222
		Short sprint (seconds)	FR + DS	2.02	0.13	p = 0.222
		t-test (seconds)	Light walk + DS	12.22	0.77	p = 0.577
		t-test (seconds)	FR + DS	12.18	0.08	p = 0.577
Rey, 2017 [73]	18	t-test (seconds)	CG pre	9.22	0.21	p between groups < 0.05 *
			CG post	9.48	0.27
			FR pre	9.34	0.31
			FR post	9.36	0.34
Peacock, 2014 [78]	11	Pro-agility 18.3 m (seconds)	DYN	4.97	0.24	p = 0.001 *
Peacock, 2014 [78]	11	Pro-agility 18.3 m (seconds)	SMR + DYN	4.8	0.16	p = 0.001 *

CG = control group; DS = dynamic stretching; DYN = dynamic warm-up; FR = foam roller; GW = general warm-up; m = metres; M = mean; p ≤ 0.05 or * = significant; post = post-intervention; pre = pre-intervention; SD = standard deviation; SMR = self-myofascial release; VFR = vibration foam roller.