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A structured exercise programme combined with proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching or static stretching in posttraumatic stiffness of the elbow: a randomized controlled trial.

Tansu BirinciArzu Razak OzdinclerSuleyman AltunCemal Kural
Published in: Clinical rehabilitation (2018)
The study demonstrated that the structured exercise programme combined with PNF stretching might be effective in patients with posttraumatic elbow stiffness with regard to improving function, elbow flexion AROM, pain at rest and during activity.
Keyphrases
  • high intensity
  • study protocol
  • physical activity
  • chronic pain
  • resistance training
  • clinical trial
  • randomized controlled trial
  • body composition
  • spinal cord