Vibration foam rolling versus non-vibration foam rolling as a warm-up exercise on performance in collegiate athletes

Abstract

Background: During the week, student athletes dedicate a significant amount of time to their competition sports. Warm up refers to muscle action performance prior to a higher muscle demand, typically prior to a high intensity competitive or recreational event, and is traditionally characterised by general and specific warm up exercises. Objectives: To determine the effect of vibrator foam rolling and non vibrator foam rolling and compare the both techniques as a warm up exercise in collegiate athlete. Materials and methods: For the study, 40 collegiate athletes were recruited. As a warm-up exercise, Group A received vibration foam rolling. As a warm-up exercise, Group B received non-vibration foam rolling. Before beginning the warm-up exercise, the athlete ran for 5 minutes. The T-test was used to measure agility performance before and after the test, and the vertical jump test was used to measure jump performance. Results: The pre-test value of the T-test and the vertical jump test differ significantly from the posttest value (p0.001) in Groups A and B. When comparing post-test values between groups, the T test reveals no significant difference. When comparing posttest values between groups, the vertical jump test reveals a difference.