A Systematic Review of Flywheel Training Effectiveness and Application on Sport Specific Performances
The objective of this systematic review was to examine the effectiveness of flywheel training, which allows for the replication of specific sports movements, overloading both the concentric and eccentric phases. Inclusion criteria were injury prevention outcomes; ability in terms of strength, power,...
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author | Andrea Buonsenso Marco Centorbi Enzo Iuliano Giulia Di Martino Carlo Della Valle Giovanni Fiorilli Giuseppe Calcagno Alessandra di Cagno |
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description | The objective of this systematic review was to examine the effectiveness of flywheel training, which allows for the replication of specific sports movements, overloading both the concentric and eccentric phases. Inclusion criteria were injury prevention outcomes; ability in terms of strength, power, sprinting, jumping and change of direction; competitive athletes; and RCTs. Exclusion criteria were a lack of a control group and lack of baseline and/or follow-up data. The databases used were Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Sage. The revised Cochrane risk-of-bias tool was used to assess the quality of the selected RCTs. The Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine 2011 Levels of Evidence was used. A PICOS (participants, intervention, comparators, study outcomes, and study design) approach was used to evaluate eligibility. A total of 21 RCTs with 8 to 54 participants in each study analyzed flywheel technology and its application in nine sports. The results showed that flywheel training is a good strategy to improve sports performance, providing variation in training methodologies and athletes’ adherence. Further studies are needed to define guidelines on training modality, weekly frequency, volume, and inertia load. Only a few studies have applied the flywheel device directly to overload specific multidirectional movements at different joint angles. This method is not exempt from criticalities, such as the cost and the ability to carry out only individual training. |
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spelling | doaj.art-d558b3de9815408195de9253d8c0d17a2023-11-17T21:22:32ZengMDPI AGSports2075-46632023-03-011147610.3390/sports11040076A Systematic Review of Flywheel Training Effectiveness and Application on Sport Specific PerformancesAndrea Buonsenso0Marco Centorbi1Enzo Iuliano2Giulia Di Martino3Carlo Della Valle4Giovanni Fiorilli5Giuseppe Calcagno6Alessandra di Cagno7Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, 86100 Campobasso, ItalyDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, 86100 Campobasso, ItalyFaculty of Psychology, eCampus University, 22060 Novedrate, ItalyDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, 86100 Campobasso, ItalyDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, 86100 Campobasso, ItalyDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, 86100 Campobasso, ItalyDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, 86100 Campobasso, ItalyDepartment of Movement, Human and Health Sciences, University of Rome “Foro Italico”, 00135 Rome, ItalyThe objective of this systematic review was to examine the effectiveness of flywheel training, which allows for the replication of specific sports movements, overloading both the concentric and eccentric phases. Inclusion criteria were injury prevention outcomes; ability in terms of strength, power, sprinting, jumping and change of direction; competitive athletes; and RCTs. Exclusion criteria were a lack of a control group and lack of baseline and/or follow-up data. The databases used were Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, Cochrane Library, and Sage. The revised Cochrane risk-of-bias tool was used to assess the quality of the selected RCTs. The Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine 2011 Levels of Evidence was used. A PICOS (participants, intervention, comparators, study outcomes, and study design) approach was used to evaluate eligibility. A total of 21 RCTs with 8 to 54 participants in each study analyzed flywheel technology and its application in nine sports. The results showed that flywheel training is a good strategy to improve sports performance, providing variation in training methodologies and athletes’ adherence. Further studies are needed to define guidelines on training modality, weekly frequency, volume, and inertia load. Only a few studies have applied the flywheel device directly to overload specific multidirectional movements at different joint angles. This method is not exempt from criticalities, such as the cost and the ability to carry out only individual training.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4663/11/4/76eccentric overload trainingflywheeliso-inertialsports |
spellingShingle | Andrea Buonsenso Marco Centorbi Enzo Iuliano Giulia Di Martino Carlo Della Valle Giovanni Fiorilli Giuseppe Calcagno Alessandra di Cagno A Systematic Review of Flywheel Training Effectiveness and Application on Sport Specific Performances Sports eccentric overload training flywheel iso-inertial sports |
title | A Systematic Review of Flywheel Training Effectiveness and Application on Sport Specific Performances |
title_full | A Systematic Review of Flywheel Training Effectiveness and Application on Sport Specific Performances |
title_fullStr | A Systematic Review of Flywheel Training Effectiveness and Application on Sport Specific Performances |
title_full_unstemmed | A Systematic Review of Flywheel Training Effectiveness and Application on Sport Specific Performances |
title_short | A Systematic Review of Flywheel Training Effectiveness and Application on Sport Specific Performances |
title_sort | systematic review of flywheel training effectiveness and application on sport specific performances |
topic | eccentric overload training flywheel iso-inertial sports |
url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4663/11/4/76 |
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