Active Stretching WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Active Stretching
Active stretching is a form of exercise that eliminates force and its adverse effects from stretching procedures. The principles on active stretching is based in the terms Agonist and Antagonist muscle contraction. ...read more from Wikipedia
Fast Facts:
- Active stretching is done by a person's effort to contract and stretch the muscles, without any assistance from an external force.1
- The principles applied in active stretching were conceptualized by Sir Charles Sherrington.2
- Active stretching increases active flexibility and strengthens the agonistic muscles.3
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Research Notes References
- ↑ Human Kinetics: Stretching Techniques:Active Stretching
- ↑ Wikipedia: Active Stretching
- ↑ RunthePlanet: Active Stretching
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- Contributor: Aimee Abellaneda
- Reviewer: Elisa Carter
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 14, 2009
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- Contributor: Aimee Abellaneda
- Reviewer: Elisa Carter
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Active Stretch, Stretching:Active, Active flexibility exercise
- Last update: Jul. 21, 2008
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
