Clinical massage and modified Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation stretching in males with latent myofascial trigger points

Physical Therapy in Sport

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 91-98

  Trampas, Athanasios ^a   Kitsios, Athanasios ^a   Sykaras, Evagelos ^a   Symeonidis, Stamatios ^b   Lazarou, Lazaros ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b 424 General Army Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Hamstrings; Myofascial Trigger Point(s); Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation stretching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; MALE; MASSAGE; MUSCLE TIGHTNESS; MYALGIA; MYOFASCIAL TRIGGER POINT; NEUROMUSCULAR FACILITATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; STRETCHING EXERCISE;

HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFASCIAL PAIN SYNDROMES; PROPRIOCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955677418     PISSN: 1466853X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ptsp.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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