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Participants in the exercise group\n                    underwent an 8-week anterior superficial myofascial chain strengthening program\n                    consisting of three progressive phases. At baseline and after the 8-week\n                    intervention, the maximum ball speed during the instep kick was measured using a\n                    radar gun; muscle activation was assessed via surface electromyography; and\n                    shank rotational velocity and acceleration were recorded using an inertial\n                    measurement unit. Myofascial elasticity was evaluated using a myotonometer.\n                    Compared to the control group, the exercise group demonstrated significant\n                    improvements in the maximum ball speed, muscle activation, and myofascial\n                    elasticity. However, no significant changes were observed in shank rotational\n                    velocities or accelerations. Correlation analysis revealed that changes in\n                    maximum ball speed were significantly associated with alterations in muscle\n                    activation and myofascial elasticity. The ASMC strengthening program increases\n                    the maximum ball velocity during the instep kick in young soccer players by\n                    improving muscle activation and myofascial elasticity.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1055\/a-2722-7468","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,10,13]],"date-time":"2025-10-13T23:00:45Z","timestamp":1760396445000},"page":"346-355","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Effects of Myofascial Exercises on Instep Kick Biomechanics and\n                    Myofascial Elasticity"],"prefix":"10.1055","volume":"47","author":[{"given":"Volkan","family":"Deniz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Tarsus University,\n                    Tarsus, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Aleyna","family":"Isik","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Physical Education and Sports, Mersin University,\n                    Mersin, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Abdullah","family":"K\u0131lc\u0131","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Faculty of Sports Sciences, Cukurova University, Adana,\n                    Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Inci","family":"Kesilmis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Coaching Education, Mersin University,\n                    Mersin, Turkey"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"194","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,25]]},"reference":[{"issue":"08","key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"805","DOI":"10.1080\/02640414.2010.481305","article-title":"The biomechanics of kicking in soccer: a review","volume":"28","author":"A Lees","year":"2010","journal-title":"J Sports Sci"},{"issue":"03","key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"382","DOI":"10.1080\/14763141.2012.661757","article-title":"Mechanical factors associated with the development of high ball velocity during an instep soccer kick","volume":"11","author":"J K De Witt","year":"2012","journal-title":"Sports Biomech"},{"issue":"05","key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"529","DOI":"10.1080\/02640410500298024","article-title":"Segmental dynamics of soccer instep kicking with the preferred and non-preferred leg","volume":"24","author":"H Nunome","year":"2006","journal-title":"J Sports Sci"},{"issue":"06","key":"ref4","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"910","DOI":"10.1111\/joa.12464","article-title":"Intermuscular force transmission along myofascial chains: a systematic review","volume":"228","author":"F Krause","year":"2016","journal-title":"J Anat"},{"issue":"03","key":"ref5","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"454","DOI":"10.1016\/j.apmr.2015.07.023","article-title":"What is evidence-based about myofascial chains: a systematic review","volume":"97","author":"J Wilke","year":"2016","journal-title":"Arch Phys Med Rehabil"},{"key":"ref6","first-page":"62","author":"T W Myers","year":"2021"},{"key":"ref7","first-page":"3","author":"L Nemetz","year":"2022"},{"issue":"01","key":"ref8","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"307","DOI":"10.3390\/app11010307","article-title":"Fascial or muscle stretching? 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