Immediate Effects of Hamstring Muscle Stretching on Pressure Pain Sensitivity and Active Mouth Opening in Healthy Subjects

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-47

  Bretischwerdt, Cristina ^a   Rivas Cano, Luis ^a   Palomeque del Cerro, Luis ^a   Fernández de las Peñas, César ^b   Alburquerque Sendín, Francisco ^a,c  

^a Osteopathic School of Madrid   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Masseter Muscle; Muscle Stretching Exercise; Neck Muscles; Pain Threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGOMETRY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MOUTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRESSURE; REFERENCE VALUES; SHOULDER; THIGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74549186567     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2009.11.009     Document Type: Article

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