Effects of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching and static stretching on maximal voluntary contraction

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 195-201

  Miyahara, Yutetsu ^a,b   Naito, Hisashi ^a,b   Ogura, Yuji ^b,c   Katamoto, Shizuo ^b   Aoki, Junichiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ASIA   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Hamstring muscles; Isometric contraction; Knee flexion; Warm up

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HIP; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPRIOCEPTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRETCHING EXERCISE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874057832     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: 15334295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3182510856     Document Type: Article

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