Eight weeks of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching and static stretching do not affect muscle-tendon properties, muscle strength, and joint function in children with spastic cerebral palsy

The findings support the idea that manual stretching (neither proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching nor static stretching) performed in isolation for eight weeks may not be appropriate to evoke significant changes in muscle-tendon properties, voluntary muscle strength, or joint function in children with spastic cerebral palsy.Clinical trial registration number: NCT04570358

Source: Clinical Biomechanics - June 6, 2023 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Annika Kruse, Andreas Habersack, Guido Weide, Richard T. Jaspers, Martin Svehlik, Markus Tilp Tags: Lecture Source Type: research