Table 7.
SMR effects on the recovery of athletes.
| Study | n | Measurement | Results | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group | M | SD | p | ||||
| Barrenetxea-García, 2023 [55] | 30 | sRPE | CG | min 580 max 750 |
145–181 res. | p > 0.05 | |
| FR | min 627 max 829 |
248–150 res. | |||||
| Michalski, 2022 [58] | 40 | %MVC GM | HR | 22.9 p0; 21.1 p1; 22.7 p2 | p < 0.001 (p1) | ||
| CG | 38.9 p0; 4.2 p1; 36.1 p2 | ||||||
| %MVC BF | HR | 21.7 p0; 20.7 p1; 23 p2 | p < 0.001 (p1); p < 0.01 (p2) | ||||
| CG | 27 p0; 41.8 p1; 40.2 p2 | ||||||
| sEMG GM | HR | 109.8 p0; 89.7 p1; 100 p2 | p < 0.001 (p1) | ||||
| CG | 143 p0; 153.7 p1; 131.3 p2 | ||||||
| sEMG BF | HR | 114.8 p0; 109.9 p1; 121.3 p2 | p < 0.0001 (p1); p < 0.001 (p2) | ||||
| CG | 113 p0; 237.7 p1; 228.4 p2 | ||||||
| Chen, 2021 [60] | 15 | Rate of perceived exertion | FR | 12.17 | 0.89 | p = 0.93 | |
| GW + VFR | 6.7 | 1.6 | |||||
| Rahimi, 2020 [62] | 17 | Hooper questionnaire | FR vs. PR Lower scores FR (2–3° md) FR vs. PR No difference FR vs. PR Differences at 3° md 4–6 vs. 5–8 |
p < 0.05 * | |||
| Rate of perceived exertion | p > 0.05 | ||||||
| Blood lactate (mmol/L) | p < 0.05 * | ||||||
| Giovanelli, 2018 [67] | 13 | Rate of perceived exertion | CG pre | 2.7 | 1.2 | p = 0.586 | |
| CG post | 2.8 | 1.1 | |||||
| FR pre | 2.6 | 1.1 | p = 0.054 | ||||
| FR post | 2.2 | 0.9 | |||||
| Rey, 2017 [73] | 18 | Total quality recovery test | CG pre | 15.57 | 1.33 | p between groups < 0.05 * | |
| CG post | 12.67 | 1.66 | |||||
| FR pre | 15.11 | 1.54 | |||||
| FR post | 15.00 | 1.67 | |||||
| Visual analogue scale | CG pre | 4.05 | 0.06 | p between groups < 0.05 * | |||
| CG post | 5.6 | 1.19 | |||||
| FR pre | 4.81 | 0.85 | |||||
| FR post | 4.83 | 1.02 | |||||
| D’Amico, 2017 [71] | 16 | Blood lactate (mmol/L) | Passive | Not specified | p > 0.05 | ||
| FR | |||||||
| Murray, 2016 [75] | 12 | Tensiomyography | CG | No differences between protocols on any variables | p > 0.05 | ||
| FR | |||||||
BF = biceps femoris; CG = control group; sEMG = surface electromyography; FR = foam roller; GM = gluteus maximus; GW = general warm-up; HR = hamstring rolling; max = maximum; MVC = maximum voluntary contraction; md = match day; min = minimum; mmol/L = millimoles per litre; p ≤ 0.05 or * = significant; p0 = before rolling; p1 = immediately after; p2 = follow-up 5 min after p1; post = post-intervention; PR = passive rest; pre = pre-intervention; res. = respectively; sRPE = rate of perceived exertion within the session; VFR = vibration foam roller.