Manual Medicine - Stretching/Flexibility

Flexibility

Sports Med. 2007;37(12):1089-99.Warm-up and stretching in the prevention of muscular injury.
Sports Med. 2007;37(12):1089-99.
Warm-up and stretching in the prevention of muscular injury.
Clin J Sport Med. 1999 Oct;9(4):221-7.
Stretching before exercise does not reduce the risk of local muscle injury: a critical review of the clinical and basic science literature.
J Sci Med Sport. 2006 Jun;9(3):214-20. Epub 2006 May 6.
Does warming up prevent injury in sport? The evidence from randomised controlled trials?
J Sci Med Sport. 2007 Dec;10(6):403-10. Epub 2006 Nov 22.
Warm-up or stretch as preparation for sprint performance?
J Strength Cond Res. 2006 Aug;20(3):492-9.
Dynamic vs. static-stretching warm up: the effect on power and agility performance.
J Strength Cond Res. 2007 Aug;21(3):819-23.
Effects of six warm-up protocols on sprint and jump performance.
J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 1997 Jul;26(1):7-13.Comparison of nonballistic active knee extension in neural slump position and static stretch techniques on hamstring flexibility.
J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 1998 Apr;27(4):295-300.The effect of static stretch and dynamic range of motion training on the flexibility of the hamstring muscles.

Saturday, March 1, 2008

March 2008

J Geriatr Phys Ther. 2007;30(2):49-52.
Effect of a static calf muscle-tendon unit stretching program on ankle dorsiflexion range of motion of older women.

Tuesday, January 1, 2008

January 2008

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews online: 17 October 2007 in Issue 4, 2007
Stretching to prevent or reduce muscle soreness after exercise