What does proprioceptive neuromusclar facilitation stand for?

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Definitions of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation on the Web:

  • A method of promoting a response of neuromuscular mechanisms through the stimulation of proprioceptors in an attempt to facilitate increased range ...
    www.gffi-fitness.org/fitness_study/fitglory.htm
  • Statically stretching a muscle after maximally contracting it.
    pilatesblog.com/pilates-terminology/
  • An appproach to therapeutic exercise based on the principles of functional human anatomy and neurophysiology.
    sportsmedicine.about.com/cs/exercisephysiology/a/glossaryP.htm
  • Contract / relax. The dancer resists a partner pushing a limb before relaxing as the partner pushes the limb into a further range.
    www.northernballettheatre.co.uk/la_glossary.doc
  • A stretching technique in which the muscle to be stretched is first contracted maximally. The muscle is then relaxed and is either actively ...
    www.gdn.edu/Faculty/jwhite/Exercise%20Physiology%20Terms.htm
  • technique of preceding a static stretch with an isometric contraction.
    highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073028630/student_view0/glossary.html

Definitions of proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation on the Web:

  • A method of promoting a response of neuromuscular mechanisms through the stimulation of proprioceptors in an attempt to facilitate increased range ...
    www.gffi-fitness.org/fitness_study/fitglory.htm
  • Statically stretching a muscle after maximally contracting it.
    pilatesblog.com/pilates-terminology/
  • An appproach to therapeutic exercise based on the principles of functional human anatomy and neurophysiology.
    sportsmedicine.about.com/cs/exercisephysiology/a/glossaryP.htm
  • Contract / relax. The dancer resists a partner pushing a limb before relaxing as the partner pushes the limb into a further range.
    www.northernballettheatre.co.uk/la_glossary.doc
  • A stretching technique in which the muscle to be stretched is first contracted maximally. The muscle is then relaxed and is either actively ...
    www.gdn.edu/Faculty/jwhite/Exercise%20Physiology%20Terms.htm
  • technique of preceding a static stretch with an isometric contraction.
    highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0073028630/student_view0/glossary.html
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