Immediate effects of adding a sciatic nerve slider technique on lumbar and lower quadrant mobility in soccer players: A pilot study

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 669-675

  Méndez Sánchez, Roberto ^a,b   Alburquerque Sendín, Francisco ^a,b   Fernández De Las Peñas, Cesar ^c   Barbero Iglesias, Fausto J ^b   Sánchez Sánchez, Carmen ^b   Calvo Arenillas, José I ^b   Huijbregts, Peter ^d,e  

^a Escuela de Osteopatia de Madrid   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^d University of St Augustine for Health Sciences   (United States)

^e Shelbourne Physiotherapy Clinic   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINGER; GONIOMETRY; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; LEG; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCIATIC NERVE SLIDER TECHNIQUE; SITTING; THERAPY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PILOT PROJECTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SCIATIC NERVE; SOCCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954180144     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2009.0403     Document Type: Article

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