Immediate Effects of the Suboccipital Muscle Inhibition Technique in Subjects With Short Hamstring Syndrome

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 262-269

  Aparicio, Érika Quintana ^a   Quirante, Luis Borrallo ^b   Blanco, Cleofás Rodríguez ^a   Sendín, Francisco Alburquerque ^c  

^a Don Benito ^*  (Spain)

^b Physiotherapist   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Complementary Therapies; Musculoskeletal System; Myofascial Pain Syndromes

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ALGOMETRY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION; FINGER; FINGER FLOOR DISTANCE TEST; FOOTBALL; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE DISEASE; NECK MUSCLE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POPLITEAL ANGLE TEST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMITENDINOUS MUSCLE; SHORT HAMSTRING SYNDROME; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SPAIN; STRAIGHT LEG RAISE TEST; STUDENT T TEST; TECHNIQUE; TRIGGER POINT; UNITED STATES;

ELASTICITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; NECK; NECK MUSCLES; PLIABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SYNDROME; THIGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65549123922     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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