Department of Physical Education and Sports Science, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece Correspondence to: Dr Mandroukas Department of Physical Education and Sports Science, ...

Objective: To determine if submaximal contractions used in contract-relax proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (CRPNF) stretching of the hamstrings yield comparable gains in hamstring flexibility ...

Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation, otherwise known as PNF stretching, is an advanced form of flexibility training. What makes it unique is that it involves both the stretching and contracting ...

A month or so before the 1989 U.S. summer National Championships, swimmer Ron Karnaugh suffered a muscle strain just beneath his right shoulder. Ordered to stay out of the water in favor of three ...

Recent advances in exercise physiology and biomechanics have refined our understanding of how diverse stretching techniques affect muscle properties. Contemporary studies have compared resistance ...

BACK pain especially lower back pain can have a major negative affect on a person's life. When the pain strikes finding ways to help remedy and reduce symptoms becomes a must particularly ways which ...