A randomized controlled single-blinded comparison of stretching versus stretching and joint mobilization for posterior shoulder tightness measured by internal rotation motion loss

Sports Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 94-100

  Manske, Robert C ^a,b   Meschke, Matt ^a   Porter, Andrew ^a   Smith, Barbara ^b   Reiman, Michael ^a,b  

^a Via Christi Sports Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Joint mobilization; Randomized controlled trial; Shoulder; Stretching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863393368     PISSN: 19417381     EISSN: 19410921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1941738109347775     Document Type: Article

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