PHYSICAL THERAPY & REHAB
Hamstring stretching program improves stretch tolerance for chronic musculoskeletal pain
Phys Ther. 2009 Oct;89(10):1016-26. Epub 2009 Aug 20.30 patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain, persisting for 3 months, were recruited to this RCT. Within subject randomization was conducted to allocate one leg of each participant to a stretching exercise group and the other leg to a control group which did not undergo stretching exercise. The results from this study indicated that stretching increases tolerance to discomfort associated to with hamstring stretching but did not alter muscle extensibility.
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