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Clinical Trial
. 2020 Dec 6;17(23):9118.
doi: 10.3390/ijerph17239118.

The Recovery Benefit on Skin Blood Flow Using Vibrating Foam Rollers for Postexercise Muscle Fatigue in Runners

Yi-Horng Lai  1 , Ai-Yi Wang  2 , Chia-Chi Yang  3 , Lan-Yuen Guo  2   3   4   5
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Clinical Trial

The Recovery Benefit on Skin Blood Flow Using Vibrating Foam Rollers for Postexercise Muscle Fatigue in Runners

Yi-Horng Lai et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health. .

Abstract

Purpose: To determine the effect of vibrating rollers on skin blood flow after running for recovery from muscle fatigue.

Method: 23 healthy runners, aged between 20 to 45 years, participated in a crossover trial. Muscle fatigue was induced by running, and recovery using a vibrating roller was determined before and after the intervention. Each subject was measured at three time points (prerun, postrun, and postroller) to compare skin blood flow perfusion and blood flow oscillation at the midpoint of the dominant gastrocnemius muscle. The results show that blood perfusion is greater when a vibrating roller is used than a foam roller, but there is no statistical difference. The analysis of blood flow oscillation shows that vibrating rollers induce 30% greater endothelial activation than a foam roller. Vibrating rollers significantly stimulate the characteristic frequency for myogenic activation (p < 0.05); however, the effect size is conservative.

Keywords: blood flow oscillation; recovery of muscle fatigue; skin blood flow; vibrating roller.

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Figure 1
The flow diagram of the protocol.
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Figure 2
The procedure of roller treatment.
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The vibrating roller.
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The skin blood flow measurement.
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Figure 5
An example of typical records of skin blood flow perfusion (a) and blood flow oscillation spectrum (b).
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The SBF trend between prerun, postrun, and post-roller.
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Figure 7
The trend plot of normalized energy in myogenic frequency band.
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