CONTEXT Recent studies have shown that the static stretch (SS) may adversely affect leg-muscle performance. OBJECTIVES The authors examined the short-term effects of 2 stretching exercises on hamstrings muscle before and after exercise. DESIGN Crossover. SETTING Laboratory. PARTICIPANTS 9 healthy, physically active men. INTERVENTIONS There were 3 protocols in a randomized order with a...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of eye movements and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) on patients with neglect syndrome. [Subjects and Methods] The subjects were randomly allocated to 2 groups: the eye movements (EM) group; and the PNF with eye movements (PEM) group. The program was conducted five times each week for 6 weeks. Balance (both static and ...

[Purpose] The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) D2 flexion and breathing exercises in a patient with lymphedema (LE). [Subject] This report describes a 57-year-old woman with LE in whom a short-stretch compression bandage (SSCB) could not be used for treatment because of skin itching and redness. [Methods] The patient received compl...

[Purpose] The aim of the study was to investigate the changes in baseball pitching velocity, the functional reach test (FR) and the simple reaction times (SRT) in young amateur baseball players after lumbar spine patterns of neuromuscular joint facilitation (NJF) treatment. [Subjects] The subjects were 11 young amateur baseball players. An NJF intervention and a proprioceptive neuromuscular fac...

[Purpose] The primary purpose of this study was to evaluate the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) in obtaining the cross-sectional area of the lumbar multifidus muscles in patients with chronic low back pain (LBP) at rest and during contractions facilitated by PNF patterns by ultrasound imaging. [Subjects] The subjects were 15 (4 males, 11 females) who had chronic LBP on one side for mor...

Bu çalışmada PNF egzersizlerinin denge ve sıçrama performansına akut etkisinin belirlenmesi amaçlandı. Araştırmanın örneklem grubunu Spor Bilimleri öğrencileri 12 erkek (yaş: 20.83±1.11 yıl, Boy: 184.41±5.45 cm, Vücut ağırlığı: 72.16±8.03 kg), kadın 19.83±0.71yıl, 168.00±7.95cm, 58.66±5.24kg) toplam 24 katılımcı oluşturdu. Katılımcılara 5 dakika hafif tempo koşu Proprioseptif Nöromusküler Fasil...

proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (pnf) training (contraction - relaxation method), in compared to the other methods of static and dynamic stretching exercises; has higher and safer effects on enhancement of hamstring muscle's flexibility, strength and endurance. achieving the optimal combination of contraction and stretching phases in pnf training that can increase these factors of phy...