A comparison of assisted and unassisted proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation techniques and static stretching

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1238-1244

  Maddigan, Meaghan E ^a   Peach, Ashley A ^a   Behm, David G ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flexibility; PNF; Range of motion; Reaction time; Theraband stretch strap

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIP; HUMAN; INNERVATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRETCHING EXERCISE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863658159     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3182510611     Document Type: Article

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