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A modern overview of flexibility and stretching; osteology andarthrology; contractile components of muscle - limiting factors offlexibility; connective tissue - limiting factor of flexibility; mechanicaland dynamic properties of soft tissues; the neurophysiology of flexibility -neural anatomy and neural physiology; hypermobility of the joint; relaxation;muscular soreness - aetiology and consequences; special factors inflexibility; social facilitation and psychology in developing flexibility;stretching concepts; types and varieties of stretching; mobilization, jointplay, manipulations, and chiropractic adjustment; controversial stretches;stretching and special populations; anatomy and flexibility of the lowerextremity and pelvic girdle; anatomy and flexibility of the vertebral column;anatomy and flexibility of the upper extremity; functional aspects ofstretching and flexibility.