… repetition of hamstring (agonist) contract PNF, SS, and no stretching on hamstring flexibility
… the flexibility of the hamstring after a single stretching session in SS, PNF, or control groups. …

… facilitation (PNF) hold-relax (HR) and hold-relax-antagonist contraction (HR-AC) stretching
procedures in 35 healthy individuals with reduced hamstring muscle length bilaterally (knee …

… different hamstring-stretching techniques. Flexibility can be achieved by a variety of stretching
… The 2 basic types include active stretching, in which range of motion is increased through …

… Both stretching methods resulted in significant immediate increases in hamstring length. …
Hamstring stretching may be considered as an intervention in both prevention and treatment of …

… Hamstring stretching is a common practice in physical therapy to change not only hamstring
muscle length (… effectiveness of two commonly used hamstring stretch positions, sitting and …

… somewhat regardless of the stretching method used, 6 with … Of the 3 basic kinds of stretching
(ballistic, slow stretch, and … During a PNF stretch, an isometric contraction of a stretched …

… The results of the present study reveal that as expected, there was significant increase in
flexibility of the hamstrings in all stretching with PNF groups after ten sessions, while the control …

… analysis evaluated acute effects of stretching on hamstring flexibility. The analysis showed
that there were no significant differences between interventions on hamstring flexibility (−0.93; …

… determine the lasting effect of static stretch on hamstring length for up to 24 hours and (2) to
compare the efficacy of static stretch with and without warm-up exercise on hamstring length. …

… As the stretching duration for the hamstring muscles, we used 30 seconds as a recommendable
duration of static stretching (3) and 60 seconds, which is longer than 30 seconds and …