The effect of the application of myofascial release (foam rolling) of thoracic spine on the shoulder girdle range of motion
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate whether myofascial release using foam roller on the thoracic spine, after the implementation of the protocol, improves immediately the active range of motion of the shoulder girdle for the dominant hand of healthy men. Αnd whether this effect lasts up to 15 minutes and 30 minutes after the intervention. The participants in the study were 37 healthy men aged 18-50 years old. The data collection tools were the “Par-Q and you” questionnaire translated into Greek, the Simple Shoulder Test, themeasurement application (iSetSquare) available for android smartphones and a centimetre measuring tape. The participants had to refrain from any type of physical activity for at least 96 hours. The assessment was performed before the intervention, directly after the intervention, 15 minutes and 30 minutes after the intervention. The range of motion was evaluated during the motion of flexion, abduction, external rotation, external rotation with abduction, internal rotation with abduction only for the dominant hand, and the functional movement screen test for the shoulder mobility was used to evaluate the motion of both hands. The protocol consisted of 4 sets of thoracic spine foam rolling of 30 seconds each with a 30-second-break between each set, using the a foam roller. One way ANOVA was used to analyse the results. Statistically significant differences were observed regarding the FMS in all time periods of the measurement, directly and 15 minutes after the intervention only for the motion of flexion, abduction and external rotation, whereas in the external rotation with abduction the range of motion had a statistically significant increase only directly after the intervention. The result analysis revealed that the myofascial release using foam roller on the thoracic spine improves immediately and for a short time the range of motion of the shoulder joint.References
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