Foam rolling and stretching do not provide superior acute flexibility and stiffness improvements compared to any other warm-up intervention: A systematic review with meta-analysis

• Main Authors: Konstantin Warneke (Author), Gerit Plöschberger (Author), Lars H. Lohmann (Author), Eric Lichtenstein (Author), Daniel Jochum (Author), Stanislav D. Siegel (Author), Astrid Zech (Author), David G. Behm (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Acute improvement in range of motion (ROM) is a widely reported effect of stretching and foam rolling, which is commonly explained by changes in pain threshold and/or musculotendinous stiffness. Interestingly, these effects were also reported in response to various other active and passi...