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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2172</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>COMPARISON OF IMMEDIATE EFFECT OF MULLIGAN BENT LEG RAISE TECHNIQUE VS. PASSIVE STRETCHING ON HAMSTRING TIGHTNESS IN HEALTHY FEMALE VOLUNTEERS&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Sambandam</surname><given-names>Cheraladhan E.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Sailor</surname><given-names>Sejal N.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ramesh</surname><given-names>Tiruttani</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><volume/><issue/><fpage>31</fpage><lpage>35</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Background __ampersandsignamp; Objective: Maintenance of flexibility is an essential component of any conditioning&#13;
program in developing joint mobility, improving athletic performance and preventing injuries. Good&#13;
flexibility also provides relaxation, ease muscle pain, helping quick recovery, reducing stress, keeping the&#13;
body feeling loose and agile. When soft tissue adaptively shortness overtimes muscle strength can also be&#13;
altered and length tension relationship of the muscle also altered. As the muscle shorter it no longer is&#13;
capable of introducing peak tension and develops tight weakness. Flexibility in hamstring muscle group is&#13;
necessary for the knee extension as well as many functional activities and in prevention of injury in which&#13;
the muscle group is elongated over hip and knee simultaneously. The study is aimed to compare the&#13;
effectiveness of Mulligan Bent Leg Raise technique and passive stretching on hamstring tightness.&#13;
Materials and Method: An experimental study was done to compare the Mulligan Bent Leg Raise&#13;
(MBLR) technique and passive stretching on hamstring muscle tightness. The study was conducted in a&#13;
physiotherapy college in Vadodara, India and ethical clearance was obtained from Institutional Review&#13;
Board. Sixty healthy female volunteers after signing informed consent form within the age of 20 - 30&#13;
years with tight hamstring muscles were randomly assigned into two groups. Group-1, Receiving&#13;
Mulligan Bent Leg Raise technique and Group-2, receiving passive stretching with knee extension.&#13;
Straight Leg Raise was measured with measure tape in centimeters from tip of the heel perpendicular to&#13;
the plinth before and immediately after intervention. Paired and independent t-test was used to analyze&#13;
data for significant improvement and homogeneity between groups.&#13;
Conclusion: This study concludes that there is significant improvement in Straight Leg Raise in both the&#13;
techniques but Mulligan Bent Leg Raise Technique is significantly more effective than passive stretching&#13;
in healthy females with Hamstring muscles tightness or limited Straight Leg Raise.&#13;
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