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L Snyder-Mackler, ScD, PT, is Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716

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Li and colleagues' study attempted to answer three questions: (1) Does hamstring muscle stretching affect measured hamstring muscle length? (2) Does hamstring muscle stretching affect resting lumbopelvic posture? and (3) Does hamstring muscle stretching affect the relative contribution of the lumbar spine and hip flexion to forward bending motion? They examined a group of asymptomatic individuals with hamstring muscle "tightness." The subjects were randomly assigned to group that participated in a 3-week stretching program or to a control group that did not stretch. Standing lumbopelvic posture and lumbar and hip motions during forward bending were measured before and after the intervention. The answers to the questions, based on the data, were "yes," "no," and "maybe."...

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