The Effect of Foam Roller with Exercise Vs Conventional Therapy in Iliotibial Band Extensibility and Hip Abduction Strength - A Comparative Study

Many musculoskeletal patients, members of
the active population, runners, and cyclists have clinical
iliotibial band tightness, which predisposes them to ITB-
related diseases such ITB friction syndrome and
Patellofemoral pain syndrome. Most treatment
programmes call for stretching to improve ITB
flexibility. A therapeutic technique for relaxing soft
tissue from areas of abnormally tight fascia is myofascial
release using a foam roller. For subjects with ITB, it has
been suggested that strengthening their hip abductors
will help with their symptoms.12 Only a few research
have been done to assess the efficacy of foam rolling with
exercise vs. traditional therapy in ITB extensibility
abduction strength. The current study's aim is to
compare the effects of stretching with exercises, and
myofascial release with exercises, on hip abduction

strength and ITB extensibility. Pre- and post-
intervention comparative designs for an experimental
study by random allocation, 30 participants were split
into Group A (Foam roller with exercise) and Group B
(conventional therapy). Visual analogue scale (VAS) is
used to quantify pain, universal goniometer to measure
hip abduction range, and lower extremity function scale
to measure muscle strength to evaluate the statistical
difference between the groups were employed as
outcome measures. In contrast to Group B (conventional
therapy), Group A (Foam roller with exercise) shows a
substantial improvement based on post test mean values.