Introduction. Friedreich?s ataxia (FA) is an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disease. Ataxia, as the cardinal symptom, affects trunk, with swaying, imbalance, and falls, well limbs, increasing difficulty in activities of daily living. Physical therapy has been recognized a means managing physical symptoms maximizing function affected persons. To our knowledge, there are no studies that ha...

Vestibular Schwannoma forms in Schwann cells which cover the vestibular nerve, often internal auditory canal. Symptoms were likely present before excision of tumor. After tumor, symptoms may include, hearing defects, tinnitus, facial muscle abnormalities, headache, and balance impairments. This case report is a female patient with schwannoma, who had few above-mentioned after surgery. Her physi...

The effects of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) stretch techniques on older adults are unknown and the physiological changes associated with aging may lead to differential responses to PNF stretching. Therefore, the purpose of this experiment was to examine the effects of PNF stretch techniques and EMG activity in older adults. Three PNF stretch techniques: static stretch (SS), c...

BACKGROUND Elastic resistance bands (ERB) combined with proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) are often used in resistance muscle training programs, which have potential effects on peripheral muscle strength. However, the effects of the combination of ERB and PNF on respiratory muscle strength warrant further investigation. OBJECTIVES The assessment of the effects of PNF combined wi...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of abdominal hollowing during lower-limb proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) training on the activation of contralateral muscles. [Subjects] Twenty male college students without symptoms or signs of muscular or nervous disease participated in this experiment after signing a consent form. [Methods] All the subjects were...

The hemodynamic and metabolic responses to proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) exercise were examined in 32 male university students (aged 19-28 years). Ten repetitions of PNF exercises were applied to the subjects' dominant upper extremities in the following order: as an agonist pattern flexion, adduction and external rotation; and as an antagonist pattern extension, abduction and ...

Objective: To determine whether select shoulder exercises influence shoulder-rotation strength, active angle reproduction (AAR), single-arm dynamic stability, and functional throwing performance in healthy individuals. Design: Pretest–posttest. Setting: Laboratory. Participants: 54, randomly placed in 4 training groups. Intervention: Four 5-week training protocols. Main Outcome Measures: Averag...

ABSTRACT Introduction: Joint flexibility and muscle strength play a vital role in the training process of martial arts athletes. The proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) technique encourages neural receptors, through application manual resistances, gain functional range motion stability to its patients. It is believed that this can be adapted sports environment. Objective: Evaluate i...

Elevated levels of lactic acid in the blood and muscles following intense training or competition can have detrimental effects on physical performance increase likelihood injury. Therefore, it is crucial to identify effective recovery techniques mitigate fatigue promptly. The objective this study was assess impact sports massage Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) method athletes. T...