The Effect of Foam Rolling on Lower Limb Flexibility Among Cyclists

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to study the influence of foam rolling on lower limb flexibility in a cycling team. A total of twenty subjects (N=20) were involved in this study and selected through the purposive sampling method. The research design that is used in this study is one group pretest-posttest. Sample Paired T-Test was used as this study included a pre-test and post-test using one group of subjects. During the pre-test, all subjects performed sit and reach flexibility test for three trials. After an intervention trial of 4 weeks, one week consisting of 6 days of intervention, subjects performed the same flexibility test for the post-test. Paired sample T-test has been used to analyze and measure the differences in flexibility between the pre-test and post-test with foam rolling treatment among cycling team athletes. The alpha is set at 0.05. The result showed the mean score for the difference between the pre-test and post-test (M=2.35, SD=1.556). The study found that the differences between pretest and posttest for flexibility is t (19) = - 6.751, p < 0.05. Therefore, the null hypothesis is rejected. This finding suggests that foam roller positively affects lower limb flexibility among cycling team athletes.