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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.
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- Exercise, Muscle Stretching
- Muscle Stretching Exercise
- Active Stretching
- Ballistic Stretching
- Dynamic Stretching
- Isometric Stretching
- PNF Stretching
- PNF Stretching Exercise
- Passive Stretching
- Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation
- Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) Stretching
- Relaxed Stretching
- Static Stretching
- Static-Active Stretching
- Static-Passive Stretching
- Exercise, PNF Stretching
- Neuromuscular Facilitation, Proprioceptive
- PNF Stretching Exercises
- PNF Stretchings
- Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitations
- Static Active Stretching
- Static Passive Stretching
- Stretching Exercise, PNF
- Stretching, Active
- Stretching, Ballistic
- Stretching, Dynamic
- Stretching, Isometric
- Stretching, PNF
- Stretching, Passive
- Stretching, Relaxed
- Stretching, Static
- Stretching, Static-Active
- Stretching, Static-Passive
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Indexed with the subheadings physiology, psychology.
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2007
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- National Library of Medicine. Muscle Stretching Exercises. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D052580. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D052580
- Muscle Stretching Exercises. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stretching
- Muscle Stretching Exercises. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1183039