ArticleJournal of exercise rehabilitation2020
The effect of different neural mobilization exercises on hamstring flexibility and functional flexibility in wrestlers.
Article in Journal of exercise rehabilitation, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- How long should athletes with high range of motion demands stretch? Acute stretching durations for flexibility and performance: a systematic review.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Pooled it
- The effects of gluteal stretchingPeerJ · 2025Trial
- Optimizing Athletic Performance with Neural Mobilization: A Comparative Study in Soccer Players.International journal of exercise science · 2026Article
- Effects of lower limb neural mobilisation on reactive agility, balance, and physical performance: a randomised controlled trial.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Comparing the immediate effects of different neural mobilization exercises on hamstring flexibility in recreational soccer players.Hong Kong physiotherapy journal : official publication of the Hong Kong Physiotherapy Association Limited = Wu li chih liao · 2024Article
- The Additional Effect of Neurodynamic Slump and Suboccipital Muscle Inhibition to Passive Stretching of the Short Hamstring: A Single-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- What We Do Not Know About Stretching in Healthy Athletes: A Scoping Review with Evidence Gap Map from 300 Trials.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Article
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Abstract
This study aimed to compare the short-term effects of sciatic nerve neural sliding and neural stretching exercises on hamstring muscle length and functional flexibility in wrestlers. The study participants included 74 wrestlers. The athletes were randomly divided into two groups: neural sliding and neural stretching groups. The hamstring flexibility and the functional flexibility were assessed using the active knee extension limitation (AKEL) angle and the sit and reach (SR) test one day before and immediately after the neural mobilization exercises, respectively. A three-way repeated measures analysis of variance was conducted that examined the effect of mobilization type, time, and gender on interest in AKEL right leg, AKEL left leg, and SR test. There is not a significant difference between the effect of two different mobilizations on AKEL right and left leg, and SR test (
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