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ArticleInternational journal of sports physical therapy2019

ACUTE EFFECTS OF NEURAL GLIDING ON ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE.

Andy Waldhelm, Marissa Gacek, Hannah Davis, Christy Saia, Brock Kirby

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Article in International journal of sports physical therapy, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06951048 (The Effects of Lower Extremity Neural Mobilization Techniques on Muscle Strength and Performance in Healthy Individuals), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT06951048 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

The Effects of Lower Extremity Neural Mobilization Techniques on Muscle Strength and Performance in Healthy Individuals

TypeinterventionalSponsorUludag UniversityRan2025 to 2025Enrolled60ConditionsHealty Volunteers, Sedantary, Young, FemaleArmsGroup I (Neural Mobilization), Group II (Neural Mobilization + Dynamic Stretching), Group III (Dynamic Stretching Only)
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effects of Tissue Flossing and Neural Mobilization Techniques in Adolescent Basketball Athletes: Randomized, Cross-Over, Controlled Trial.Physiotherapy research international : the journal for researchers and clinicians in physical therapy · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Andy WaldhelmDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA.
Marissa GacekDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA.
Hannah DavisDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA.
Christy SaiaDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA.
Brock KirbyDepartment of Physical Therapy, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL, USA.
University of South Alabama · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNeural mobilization has been used to treat individuals with musculoskeletal and neuromuscular pathologies, but research on neural mobilization in sports rehabilitation is scarce. Furthermore, there have been no studies investigating the effects of neural gliding on sport performance. PURPOSE/HYPOTHESIS: The purpose of this study was to examine the differences between the acute effects of sciatic nerve gliding and lower extremity dynamic stretching exercises on hamstring flexibility and athletic performance. STUDY

designA cross-sectional, quasi-experimental design with block assignment was used.

methodsTwenty-seven (16 males, 11 females, age: 23.6 ± 2.65, height (m): 1.74 ± 0.12, weight (kg): 73.73 ± 16.09) healthy college students volunteered for the study. The neural gliding group had 14 subjects and the dynamic stretching group had 13 subjects. Participants performed a jogging or walking up stairs warm up at a self-selected pace prior to testing. Baseline data was obtained for each of the following measurements: bilateral hamstring flexibility using the active straight leg raise test measured by a digital inclinometer, vertical jump height, 20-yard shuttle run and 10 and 20-yard dash sprint. The participants then performed one of the assigned five-minute stretching protocol, bilateral sciatic neural gliding or dynamic stretching of the lower extremities, followed by the post-test data collection of the same measures.

resultsThere were no significant group by time interaction for any of the six measurements (2 x 2 repeated measures ANOVA). However, significant time differences, pre-test vs post-test for all participants as one group, for right hamstring length (

conclusionSimilar improvement in hamstring flexibility with both dynamic stretching and neural gliding exercises without a negative effect on three sports performance tests was demonstrated. Therefore, athletic performance will not be negatively affected by a pre-participation warm-up which includes neural gliding, but more research is needed. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level 3.

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Athletic performancedynamic stretchingHamstring flexibilitymovement systemneural glidingstretching

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PMID31440411
PMCPMC6670065
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