Water Polo Club Leioa Waterpolo, Leioa, Spain.
Sport Performance Department Escola Universitària de la Salut I l'Esport (EUSES), Universitat de Girona, Girona, Spain.
Phys Sportsmed. 2024 Jun;52(3):262-270. doi: 10.1080/00913847.2023.2240274. Epub 2023 Aug 1.
This intervention study aimed to evaluate how the use of Foam Roller (FR) as a recovery strategy affects water polo performance after a seven-week (28-session) program.
A randomized controlled trial.
Thirty water polo players (14 male amateur players and 16 female sub-elite players) were assigned by means of sealed opaque envelopes to the control group (CG) or Foam Roller Group (FRG) and performed the same total number and intensity of training sessions. Test protocols were performed before (pretest), in-test (week 5), and after the intervention period (posttest). These included water polo-specific performance tests such as in-water boost, throwing speed, and 20 m sprint swimming tests. In addition, during the intervention, heart rate (HR), the scale of perceived exertion of the session (sRPE), and total quality recovery scale (TQR) data were recorded.
There were no differences in the baseline values in any of the variables analyzed between CG and FRG. A small decrease in in-water boost was observed in CG (-2%, ES = -0.35 [-0.95: 0.26], = 0.016, ) and in FRG (-2%, ES = -0.33 [-0.93: 0.27], = 0.021, ). No significant changes were found in either the 20 m swim test or the throwing test in CG and FRG. No clear differences among groups and weeks were found in sRPE, TQR and HR.
The findings indicate that the use of FR as a recovery tool after training and matches is not useful in water polo players.
本干预研究旨在评估 Foam Roller（FR）作为恢复策略在经过七周（28 节）计划后对水球表现的影响。
随机对照试验。
通过密封不透明信封将 30 名水球运动员（14 名男性业余运动员和 16 名女性次精英运动员）分配到对照组（CG）或 Foam Roller 组（FRG），并进行相同数量和强度的训练。测试方案在干预前（前测）、进行中（第 5 周）和干预后（后测）进行。这些方案包括水球专项表现测试，如水中助推、投掷速度和 20 米冲刺游泳测试。此外，在干预期间，记录了心率（HR）、单次训练感知用力程度量表（sRPE）和总质量恢复量表（TQR）数据。
CG 和 FRG 之间在任何分析变量的基线值上均无差异。CG 组（-2%，ES=-0.35[-0.95: 0.26]，=0.016，）和 FRG 组（-2%，ES=-0.33[-0.93: 0.27]，=0.021，）的水中助推均出现轻微下降。CG 和 FRG 组的 20 米游泳测试和投掷测试均未发现显著变化。在 sRPE、TQR 和 HR 方面，各组和各周之间没有明显差异。
研究结果表明，在训练和比赛后使用 FR 作为恢复工具对水球运动员没有帮助。
