Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation - PNF

Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) is a more advanced form of flexibility training that involves both the stretching and contraction of the muscle group being targeted.

Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF)
http://www.upstate.edu/chp/programs/pt/pnf_flyer.pdf

The Effect of PNF Hamstring Stretching on Speed
http://www.manchester.edu/oaa/Programs/MISC/files/documents/GerardotStacia-Paper.pdf

Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation
http://www.d.umn.edu/hper/old-site/ATEP/ESAT3642/Basic%20Principles%20of%20PNF.pdf

Effects of Dynamic, Static Stretch, and Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation on Running Velocity, Step Length, And Step Rate
By Todd William Lane
http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/archive/fall2005/todd_w_lane/lane_todd_w_200508_MS.pdf

Muscle Energy
by Grubb ER, Hagedorn EM, Inoue N, Leake MJ, Lounsberry NL, Love SD, Matus JR, Morris LM, Stafford KM, Staton GS, Waters CM
http://www.mc.uky.edu/athletic_training/docs/ModalityProject_MuscleEnergy_Spring2010.pdf

Stretching, Flexibility, and PNF
by Robert M. Rowell, DC, MS
Stretching,%20Flexibility,%20and%20PNF%20(3).pdf

Exercise Prescription for Flexibility
http://www.uta.edu/faculty/blevinsj/Exercise%20Prescription%20for%20Flexibility.pdf

Stretching It to the Limit
by BJ Santos
http://www.jmu.edu/kinesiology/hpainstitute/documents/Stretching%20hand%20out.pdf

Should Athletes Stretch Before Exercise?
http://exercisesciences.byu.edu/Portals/14/docs/undergrad/twe_flexibility.pdf

The Effects of Active Release Technique versus Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation on Hamstring Flexibility
by Jonathan Diaz, Eric Hart, Chelsea Page, Jonathan Walton
http://www.logan.edu/mm/files/LRC/Senior-Research/2007-Aug-04.pdf

Stretching & Warm-up
http://fitness.dixie.edu/readings/1091/1091_3.pdf