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October 1, 2024Journal of Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences UniversityOpen Access

A Comparative Study on Effectiveness of Swedish Massage and Foam Roller Massage on Hamstring Flexibility and Lower Limb Power in Female Athletes: A Single-blind Randomized Clinical Trial

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NKNavpreet KaurUniversity of Southern California ASAkhoury SinhaPunjabi University AMArushi MishraMaharishi Markandeshwar University, Mullana

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Randomized trial reveals Swedish massage improves hamstring flexibility and explosive power more than foam rolling in female athletes, indicating greater efficacy for manual therapy.

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To compare the acute effects of Swedish massage and foam roller massage on hamstring flexibility and explosive lower-limb power in female athletes.
Single-blind randomized controlled trial conducted in 30 female athletes allocated equally to two intervention groups (N=30; CTRI/2019/10/021528).
Interventions consisted of either 5 minutes of foam roller massage or 5 minutes of Swedish massage applied to the posterior aspect of each leg.
Outcomes included the passive knee extension test (PKET) for hamstring flexibility, vertical jump height, and vertical jump power evaluated pre- and post-intervention.
Both interventions significantly improved vertical jump height, jump power, and flexibility, although left-leg PKET did not improve significantly in the foam roller group.
Swedish massage produced significantly greater improvements than foam rolling across all parameters: right leg flexibility (20% vs 10%), left leg flexibility (13% vs 7%), vertical jump height (19% vs 8%), and vertical jump power (15% vs 4%).

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Kaur et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1a538bfebba9eb7c350f12 https://doi.org/10.4103/jdmimsu.jdmimsu_238_24

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Randomized trial reveals Swedish massage improves hamstring flexibility and explosive power more than foam rolling in female athletes, indicating greater efficacy for manual therapy.

A Comparative Study on Effectiveness of Swedish Massage and Foam Roller Massage on Hamstring Flexibility and Lower Limb Power in Female Athletes: A Single-blind Randomized Clinical Trial

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A Comparative Study on Effectiveness of Swedish Massage and Foam Roller Massage on Hamstring Flexibility and Lower Limb Power in Female Athletes: A Single-blind Randomized Clinical Trial

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