Context: Stretching is commonly used as a technique for injury prevention in the clinical setting. Our findings may improve the understanding of the neuromuscular responses to stretching and help clinicians make decisions for rehabilitation progression and return to play.Objective: To examine the short-term effects of static and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching on peak torqu...

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation on balance and gait required for functional activities in patients with Parkinson's disease. 16 were randomly assigned an experimental group receiving Proprioceptive (PNF) a control electrical stimulation. BBS, POMA, TUG used before after intervention evaluate walking ability patients. In results, ...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of trunk stability exercise using proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation with changes in chair heights on the gait of stroke patients. [Subjects and Methods] The subjects of this study were 11 stroke patients. The intervention method was trunk stability exercise using proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation with different chai...

Background: Scapular dyskinesis is termed as improper control of resting position and movement pattern the scapula having connections with shoulder pain. PNF techniques are methods hastening response a neuromuscular mechanism through stimulation proprioceptors. Objective: To find out effect scapular proprioceptive facilitation in treatment dyskinesis. Methodology: A randomized clinical trial wa...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects and significance of Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation exercises on stroke patients. METHODS The prospective follow-up study was conducted from January, 2012, to June, 2012, and comprised randomly-selected patients at the Department of Neurology, Children Hospital and Institute of Child Health, Lahore, Using systematic sampling the patients were divide...

[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate the immediate effect of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation on muscle tone and muscle stiffness in stroke patients. [ Subjects and Methods] The subjects consisted of 15 patients with chronic stroke (stroke group) and 15 healthy persons (healthy group). We measured the effects of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation intervention o...

Sheard, PW and Paine, TJ. Optimal contraction intensity during proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation for maximal increase of range of motion. J Strength Cond Res 24(X): 000–000, 2009—An informal review of literature on the use of postisometric relaxation (PIR) type proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) indicates that the force of contraction requested from the athlete ranges from ...

Stroke is the commonest neurological deficit caused by an interruption of blood flow to brain and loss trunk control commonly observed in patients after stroke. Impaired has a negative impact on daily activities quality life(QOL) Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) Neurodevelopmental technique (NDT), both are effective improving hemiplegic muscle endurance, strength, mobility. This ...

[Purpose] Stretching using proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation involve physiological reflex mechanisms through submaximal contraction of agonists which activate Golgi organ, promoting the relaxation reflex. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation alone and with prior application of cryotherapy and thermotherapy on hamstring stretching...