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Stretching
and Flexibility preface
Table
of Contents
Introduction
Physiology
of Stretching
Flexibility
Types
of Stretching
How
to Stretch
References
on Stretching
Working
Toward the Splits
Normal
Ranges of Joint Motion
Index
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Stretching and Flexibility - Index
by Brad Appleton
<bradapp@enteract.com>
http://www.enteract.com/~bradapp/
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a
- actin
- active flexibility
- active stretching
- aerobic activity
- agonists
- Alter, Judy
- Alter, Michael J.
- Anderson, Bob
- ankle, range of motion of
- antagonists
- autogenic inhibition
b
- ballistic PNF stretching
- ballistic stretching
- Beaulieu, John E.
- benefits of stretching
- Blakey, W. Paul
- books on stretching
- butterfly stretch
c
- chinese split
- circadian rhythms
- clasped-knife reflex
- collagen
- collagenous connective tissue
- common stretching mistakes
- concentric contraction
- connective tissue
- contract-relax, PNF stretching
technique
- contract-relax-antagonist-contract,
PNF stretching technique
- contract-relax-bounce, PNF
stretching technique
- contract-relax-contract, PNF
stretching technique
- contract-relax-swing, PNF
stretching technique
- contractile proteins
- cooling down
- Cooper, Robert K.
- counting during stretching
- CRAC, PNF stretching technique
- Croce, Pat
d
- different types of flexibility
- different types of stretching
- duration of a stretch
- Dworkis, Sam
- dynamic flexibility
- dynamic PNF stretching
- dynamic stretching
- dynamic warm-up stretching
e
- early-morning stretching
- eccentric contraction
- elastic connective tissue
- elastin
- elbow, range of motion of
- endomysium
- epimysium
- extrafusal muscle fibers
f
- fascia
- fascial sheaths of muscle
- fascicles
- fasciculi
- fast-twitch fibers
- fixators
- flexibility
- flexibility, factors affecting
- flexibility, limiting factors
- Frenette, Jean
- frog stretch
- front split
g
- general warm-up
- golgi tendon organ
- groin and inner-thigh stretch
- Gummerson, Tony
h
- Health for Life
- HFL
- hip, range of motion of
- hold-relax, PNF stretching
technique
- hold-relax-bounce, PNF stretching
technique
- hold-relax-contract, PNF
stretching technique
- hold-relax-swing, PNF stretching
technique
i
- innervate
- interdependency of muscle groups
- intrafusal muscle fibers
- inverse myotatic reflex
- isolation offered by a stretch
- isometric agonist
contraction/relaxation
- isometric antagonist contraction
- isometric contraction
- isometric stretching
- isotonic contraction
- Iyengar, B. K. S.
j
- Jerome, John
- joint rotations
- joints
k
- Kim, Sang H.
- kinetic flexibility
- knee, range of motion of
- Kurz, Tom
l
- Lala, Marco
- lengthening reaction
- leverage offered by a stretch
- ligaments
- limiting factors of flexibility
- lower back stretches
- lumbar spine, range of motion of
- lying buttock stretch
- lying `V' stretch
m
- McAtee, Robert E.
- mechanoreceptors
- Mehta, Shyam
- metabolic accumulation
- Mira
- mitochondria
- mobility
- mobility, factors affecting
- mucopolysaccharide
- muscle fibers
- muscle spasms
- muscle spindle
- musculoskeletal system
- myofilaments
- myofybrils
- myosin
- myotatic reflex
n
- neck, range of motion of
- neuromuscular junction
- neutralizers
- nuclear bag fibers
- nuclear chain fibers
p
- pacinian corpuscles
- passive flexibility
- passive stretching
- perimysium
- Peterson, Susan L.
- plyometrics
- PNF stretching
- post-isometric relaxation
techniques
- prime movers
- proprioception
- proprioceptive neuromuscular
facilitation
- proprioceptors
- psoas stretch
q
- quadricep stretch
r
- ranges of joint motion
- reciprocal inhibition
- reciprocal innervation
- references on stretching
- relaxed stretching
- relaxed warm-up stretching
- repetitions of a stretch
- respiratory pump
- risk of injury from a stretch
- runner's start
s
- sarcomeres
- seated calf stretch
- seated hamstring stretch
- seated inner-thigh stretch
- seated leg stretches
- Shields, Andrew T.
- shoulder, range of motion of
- side split
- Silva
- slow-twitch fibers
- Smith, Ann
- Solveborn, Sven-A
- split-stretching machines
- sport-specific activity
- stabilizers
- static stretching
- static warm-up stretching
- static-active flexibility
- static-active stretching
- static-passive flexibility
- static-passive stretching
- Sternad & Bozdech
- stretch receptors
- stretch reflex
- stretch reflex, dynamic component
- stretch reflex, static component
- Sullivan, John Patrick
- synergism
- synergists
t
- tendons
- Tobias, Maxine
- torn tissue
- Type 1 muscle fibers
- Type 2A muscle fibers
- Type 2B muscle fibers
- types of flexibility
- types of stretching
v
- videotapes on stretching
w
- warm-up stretching
- warming down
- warming up
- wrist, range of motion of
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