Is self-massage an effective joint range-of-motion strategy? A pilot study

Monteiro, Estêvão Rios; Cavanaugh, Mark Tyler; Frost, David M.

doi:10.1016/j.jbmt.2016.10.003

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“…Monteiro et al 18 realizaram a técnica de LMF ativa com dois instrumentos (foam rolling e stick) na região posterior de coxa e observaram efeitos locais e não-locais. Os resultados indicaram ganhos de amplitude articular no quadril tanto para o movimento de flexão quanto para extensão.…”

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Efeitos da Liberação Miofascial Sobre a Flexibilidade: uma Revisão Sistemática

Silva¹,

Monteiro

Neto

et al. 2017

J. Health Scie.

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ResumoAs evidências contemporâneas sobre os ganhos de flexibilidade em função da técnica de liberação miofascial ainda apresentam resultados inconclusivos. Portanto, o objetivo do presente estudo foi revisar, de forma sistemática, as evidências sobre os efeitos da liberação miofascial sobre os ganhos de flexibilidade. A busca dos artigos foi realizada no Google Acadêmico até maio de 2017, com a aplicação dos seguintes descritores: "liberação miofascial", "flexibilidade" e "foam roller". Foram encontrados 22 artigos e após a aplicação dos devidos critérios de inclusão e exclusão, quatro investigações apresentaram elegibilidade para compor a presente revisão. As evidências encontradas, de maneira totalitária, apontam a eficiência da liberação miofascial em promover aumento nos ganhos de flexibilidade, seja de forma aguda ou crônica. Sendo assim, sob a égide das evidencias em tela, sugere-se a liberação miofascial como uma estratégia pertinente e eficiente, em sua aplicação, no que diz respeito aos ganhos de flexibilidade. Palavras IntroduçãoA liberação miofascial -LMF -é uma técnica similar às demais técnicas de terapia manual, possuindo característica passiva, a qual é realizada por profissionais da área da saúde, utilizando as mãos, cotovelos, dedo ou instrumentos específicos como o stick 1 . A sugestão é que esta técnica seja realizada em movimentos de cisalhamento entre a pele e a fáscia 2-4 . A fáscia é entendida como uma rede tensional de tecido conjuntivo, que envolve todas as estruturas do corpo humano, como os músculos, vísceras e endotélio 2,3,[5][6][7][8] . Como os demais componentes articulares moles tendem a acumular tensões provocadas interna e externamente e vagarosamente começam a perder sua funcionalidade 9,10 . Então, a principal finalidade da técnica de LMF é diminuir as adesões fibrosas nas redes fasciais 11 e, por consequência, reverter a perda de energia da estrutura, após forte estresse mecânico (histerese), possibilitando o retorno da funcionalidade das redes fasciais 10,12,13 . Uma das principais místicas, que envolve as técnicas de terapias manuais é acreditar que as mesmas são capazes de remodelar os componentes fasciais e permitir uma maior complacência do tecido e, consequentemente, aumento na flexibilidade. Entretanto, até o presente momento, a literatura não sustenta essa afirmativa [14][15][16] .

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Efeitos da Liberação Miofascial Sobre a Flexibilidade: uma Revisão Sistemática

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J. Health Scie.

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“…De Bruyne et al [17] point to the greater therapeutic value of the hand roller, compared to the classic cylindrical foam roller. Monteiro et al [45] came to the opposite conclusion, noting better results in each foam roller group compared to the equivalent hand roller groups, but only the group with 120-second treatment showed a statistically significant difference compared to its 60-second equivalent from the hand roller group.…”

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“…In the case of treating difficult-to-reach surfaces of small surface area, such as the sole of the foot, the use of tools of an appropriate size appears to be justified. Different types of ball (tennis, golf, lacrosse) are tools of this sort, and were used by some authors in their research [20,25,45,55,69]. Macdonald et al [37] used a polyvinyl chloride pipe wrapped in 1 cm thick neoprene foam in their research.…”

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“…In terms of the number of rolling periods in one session, the studies can be divided into two groups. The first is made up of studies in which the authors used a single rolling set [8,10,16,19,22,24,29,33,38,45,53,55,57,59,68,69,73]. In the other studies, the values 2, 3, 4 and 5 appeared with similar frequency, with three rolling sets being the most commonly chosen option [3,5,15,23,26,35,39,46,57,62].…”

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The Parameters of Foam Rolling, Self-Myofascial Release Treatment: A Review of the Literature

Dębski

Białas

Gnat

2019

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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Self-myofascial release (SMR) is a well-known and popular therapy. Its growing popularity is based on high effectiveness and availability. However, there is a lack of agreement about which parameters should be used to optimize the effects of the therapy. The purpose of this review is to critically select and assess current literature and ascertain the values of the following parameters: (1) therapy duration, (2) volume of applied pressure, (3) speed and (4) frequency of roll, (5) type of roller, (6) the number of treatment applications during one session, (7) the duration of intervals between applications that yield the best results in terms of soft tissue.The authors launched their research in May 2018. The search strategy included the electronic databases EBSCOhost and PubMed. The following inclusion criteria were assessed:- English language, high quality manuscripts (evaluation in PEDro scale)- at least one of the groups using the foam roller, tennis ball or the stick to fascial release- basic parameters of therapy described.A total 55 articles met the inclusion criteria. Patients can usually withstand a maximum tolerable pressure for 30-120 seconds, repeated 1-3 times, separated by 30 seconds of rest. The intensity of a single rolling movement should be moderate, and the movement should last about 3 seconds. Keeping the roller on particularly sensitive areas is recommended to release tension and enhance blood perfusion.Currently, there is no consensus on an optimal FR programme. However, there is a tendency to use SMR tools with a physiology-based method to enhance therapeutic efficiency.

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“…It is common for SM to be prescribed at low loads for long durations [4].Usually, SM can be performed via foam rolling or rolling massage and is used to acutely facilitate joint range-of-motion [2,5,6] without decreasing performance [7,8] or not [9,10] and reduce delayed onset muscle soreness [11,12]. While it is believed that SM techniques can provide structural changes to connective tissue such as fascia, there is no evidence to support this mechanism [3].…”

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Self-massage and Autonomic Response: Future Direction

Monteiro¹

2017

JESO

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Self-massage (SM) is an active technique where participants use various instruments to apply pressure to soft tissue with an attempt to mimic manual therapy techniques. Within the literature, there are many techniques associating positive responses to the phenomena controlled by the central nervous system (i.e. stretching and manual therapies). The purpose of this short communication is to present the literature regarding similar techniques to SM and their effects on the central nervous system. Furthermore, there is no research investigating the safety of performing SM techniques prior to performance. Considering SM is non-invasive and practical, findings of such research would be applicable in clinical and performance settings. Thus, the authors encourage further research that satisfies the needs of these gaps.

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Is self-massage an effective joint range-of-motion strategy? A pilot study

Cited by 36 publications

References 20 publications

Efeitos da Liberação Miofascial Sobre a Flexibilidade: uma Revisão Sistemática

Efeitos da Liberação Miofascial Sobre a Flexibilidade: uma Revisão Sistemática

The Parameters of Foam Rolling, Self-Myofascial Release Treatment: A Review of the Literature

Self-massage and Autonomic Response: Future Direction

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