Influence of Muscle Stretching and Neural Mobilizations on Lower Limbs Range of Motion in Asymptomatic Subjects.

"For this exercice the participant will have to place the foot of the stretched leg on a step while maintaining his knee in extension.~From this starting position the patient will have to do a pelvic anterior tilt while keeping is back straight and his gaze horizontal until the movement induce a feeling of stretching in the posterior part of the thigh."

"In order to define the starting position for a slider, the participant will be positioned in lateral decubitus with the knee extended and will perform a hip flexion until a sensation of pain or stretching feeling appears on the posterior part of the thigh or of the knee. If the hip flexion does not induce a stretching sensation or pain, a dorsal ankle flexion is added. Once this position is defined the patient slightly reduces the amount of hip flexion until the stretching/pain sensation disappears.~From this starting position, to perform the slider: the subject performs a hip flexion movement and simultaneously a cervical extension movement, this corresponds to the outward movement. For the return movement the patient performs a hip extension and at the same time a cervical flexion. The slider technique must be pain free."

"The participant will be positioned in lateral decubitus with the knee extended and the hip, the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine placed in neutral position.~For the outward movement, the participant will perform a hip flexion associated with a simultaneous movement of cervical extension until a sensation of pain or a stretching feeling appears on the posterior part of the thigh or of the knee.If this combined movements do not induce a stretching sensation or pain, a dorsal flexion of the ankle is added.~For the return movement, the participant will realize a hip extension simultaneously associated to a movement of extension of the cervical spine. If the dorsal flexion of the ankle was used during the outward movement, a movement plantar flexion of the ankle must be used in association to the movement of hip extension."