Acute Effects of Vibration Foam Rolling with Light and Moderate Pressure on Blood Pressure and Senior Fitness Test in Older Women.

Wen-Chieh Yang,Chih-Hui Chiu,Lee-Ping Chu,Kai-Wei Yu,Xin Ye,Che-Hsiu Chen,Chin-Hsien Hsu

doi:10.3390/ijerph182111186

Abstract

Vibration foam rolling (VR) can improve flexibility and sports performance. However, blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR) and senior fitness test (SFT) responses induced by an acute VR session in older women are currently unknown. Fifteen healthy women (72.90 ± 4.32 years) completed three separated randomly sequenced experimental visits. During each visit, they started with a warm-up protocol (general warm up (GW): walking + static stretching (SS), SS + VR with light pressure (VRL), or SS + VR with moderate pressure (VRM)), and completed BP, HR, SFT measurements. The systolic BP increased significantly after all three warm up protocols (p < 0.05). Both VRL and VRM protocols induced statistically significant improvements (effect size range: 0.3–1.04, p < 0.05) in the senior fitness test (back scratch, 30 s chair stand, 30 s arm curl, and 8 foot up and go), as compared to the GW. In addition, the VRM showed greater improvement for the 2 min step test when comparing with the VRL. Therefore, including VR in a warm-up protocol can result in superior SFT performance enhancement than the GW does in healthy older women.

Highlights

Foam rollers (FR) are a common type of warm-up and relaxation tool
The benefits of FRs in terms of physiological mechanisms include the adaptation of soft tissues after compression, the decrease in tissue viscoelasticity and lactic acid accumulation after an increase in local blood circulation, and the decrease in local and systemic muscle tension caused by the regulation of reflex arcs and sympathetic nerves to inhibit muscle
For the systolic blood pressure, the analysis showed no two-way time

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Introduction

Foam rollers (FR) are a common type of warm-up and relaxation tool. Users can press their limbs against the surface of a roller, apply weight, and roll back and forth to apply pressure to the target muscles. FRs are believed to provide the following benefits: increased joint range of motion (ROM), reduced pain at the trigger point, and alleviation of delayed-onset muscle soreness [1,2]. FRs are often used for increasing joint. The benefits of FRs in terms of physiological mechanisms include the adaptation of soft tissues after compression, the decrease in tissue viscoelasticity and lactic acid accumulation after an increase in local blood circulation, and the decrease in local and systemic muscle tension caused by the regulation of reflex arcs and sympathetic nerves to inhibit muscle 4.0/).

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