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In therapeutic settings, in which the goal is to restore functional range and strength as near to preinjury status as possible
and in the shortest amount of time, muscle injuries are frequently treated with some form of PNF exercises. Stretching
exercises are often combined with the application of thermal
agents. Lentell et al7 studied the effect of thermal agents and
prolonged static stretching on shoulder flexibility. Subjects in
the stretching-alone, heat, ice, and combined heat and ice
groups all demonstrated improved shoulder flexibility compared with subjects in the control (no-intervention) group. No
significant differences were found among the treatment
groups. However, Taylor et al8 found that subjects in the heat
group demonstrated significantly greater flexibility scores than
subjects in the cold group (both groups performed static
stretching after the application of heat or ice) or subjects in
the stretching-alone group. Conversely, researchers investigating combined PNF flexibility training and cryotherapy found
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