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Muscle Stretching Exercises

Exercises that stretch the muscle fibers with the aim to increase muscle-tendon FLEXIBILITY, improve RANGE OF MOTION or musculoskeletal function, and prevent injuries. There are various types of stretching techniques including active, passive (relaxed), static, dynamic (gentle), ballistic (forced), isometric, and others.

Year introduced: 2007

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    Tree Number(s): E02.760.169.063.500.387.750, E02.779.483.750, E02.831.535.483.750, G11.427.410.698.277.249, I03.350.249

    MeSH Unique ID: D052580

    Entry Terms:

    • Exercise, Muscle Stretching
    • Muscle Stretching Exercise
    • Active Stretching
    • Stretching, Active
    • Static-Active Stretching
    • Static Active Stretching
    • Stretching, Static-Active
    • Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) Stretching
    • Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation
    • Neuromuscular Facilitation, Proprioceptive
    • Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitations
    • PNF Stretching
    • PNF Stretchings
    • Stretching, PNF
    • PNF Stretching Exercise
    • Exercise, PNF Stretching
    • PNF Stretching Exercises
    • Stretching Exercise, PNF
    • Passive Stretching
    • Stretching, Passive
    • Static-Passive Stretching
    • Static Passive Stretching
    • Stretching, Static-Passive
    • Relaxed Stretching
    • Stretching, Relaxed
    • Static Stretching
    • Stretching, Static
    • Isometric Stretching
    • Stretching, Isometric
    • Dynamic Stretching
    • Stretching, Dynamic
    • Ballistic Stretching
    • Stretching, Ballistic

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